Highland Park police chief recalls hearing 'clear' sounds of gunfire during mass shooting
Highland Park police Chief Lou Jogmen was at the July 4th parade with his family when a gunman opened fire.
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Highland Park police Chief Lou Jogmen was at the July 4th parade with his family when a gunman opened fire.
Lake County prosecutors said Bobby Crimo considered attacking another event in Madison, Wisconsin after opening fire on the July 4th parade in Highland Park. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
A memorial of flowers, candles, and signs was growing in downtown Highland Park Wednesday afternoon – two days after an attacker opened fire on the July 4th parade, killing seven people and wounding dozens more. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
"We locked the door and just waited in disbelief for a while."
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is the only agency that can trace firearms. CBS News’ Kris Van Cleave explains how it worked in the case of the July 4th Highland Park massacre.
Residents had already erected an art installation to honor the victims of previous mass shootings.
The 21-year-old suspect in the Highland Park July 4th parade massacre will remain behind bars as more charges are expected against him. As CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports, the suspect was thinking about committing another mass shooting in Madison, Wisconsin the same day.
They left behind strollers, bags of candy tossed to the crowd, wagons, and even a pair of shoes.
The suspect in the Highland Park July 4th parade massacre was granted a FOID card despite a prior threat of violence that was reported to police.
"Everybody loved her. She was just kind and selfless and a beautiful person."
From imagery in his music videos to his face tattoos, accused Highland Park July 4th parade killer Robert "Bobby" Crimo III apparently had an affinity for the number 47.
From imagery in his music videos to his face tattoos, the accused Highland Park July 4th parade killer apparently had an affinity for the number 47. CBS 2 Investigator Dorothy Tucker reports.
"It makes no sense how anyone could do this to a child, where there are children," said Natalie Lorentz.
Even at 88, Steve Straus still worked five days a week as a stockbroker, commuting from Highland Park to Chicago on Metra.
Several GoFundMe pages, community projects, and other events have been organized to help the victims and their families after Monday's mass shooting at the July 4th parade in Highland Park.
The suspected gunman fired 70 rounds at the Illinois community paradegoers, an experience that Alexander Sandoval said was "terrorizing."
"She keeps asking things like, 'Why is that bad guy trying to hurt people?'" Lindsey Hartman said.
Kevin and Irina McCarthy were among the seven killed as a result of the mass shooting.
"Amazing Grace" filled the air as parishioners at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church reflected on their pain.
"People died like 15 yards from us. It was so surreal we didn't know where we were at or where the shooter was."
"There's a lot of healing that's going to have to happen; that is both physical and emotional. There is no question that this experience is something that is going to linger in terms of the trauma," Harris said.
"My concern was that he was going to pull some kind of weapon out."
Some left flowers at the scene of shooting, others came together in prayer on Tuesday at Trinity Grace Church.
CBS 2's Tim McNicholas spent Tuesday speaking with people who ran for their lives, hid in vacant storefronts and took cover in apartment doorways.
Video shows a confrontation between the suspect's mother and police on the 1500 block of McDaniels Avenue in Highland Park, as SWAT teams were searching for her son in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.
