Highland Park H.S. boosts security after fatal shooting of student
The tragedy took place just as a new school year is about to start.
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The tragedy took place just as a new school year is about to start.
Flowers and candles decorated an altar for 16-year-old Omar Diaz.
A teenager was accused of shooting and killing a 16-year-old boy over the weekend in north suburban Highland Park. Both the suspect and the victim were students at Highland Park High School.
Estiven Sarminento's bond was set at $5 million at his first court appearance on Tuesday.
The Illinois Attorney General says the employee wrote checks to a fake vendor to steal the money.
The Illinois Attorney General says the former accounting coordinator wrote checks to a fake vendor to steal the money.
Robert Crimo Jr. faces several counts based on sponsoring his son's application for a gun license.
Parents who lost their son in that tragedy are spreading their message to another community touched by gun violence.
On Friday, there was a minute-by-minute reenactment, with live gunfire, inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, five years after a mass shooting there killed 17 people. Families of some of the victims requested the reenactment as part of a lawsuit against the school's resource officer, who they said failed to act that day. Parents who lost their son in that tragedy are spreading their message to another community touched by gun violence: Highland Park.
Cooper Roberts, 9, was paralyzed from the waist down after the shooting.
Once again, they came together to move forward together as a community.
More than 2,200 people came together in Highland Park for a community walk to mark one year since the Fourth of July parade shooting that irrevocably changed thousands of lives.
Hours ago, Sinise paid tribute to other heroes: Local veterans. And he made history in the process. CBS 2's Andrew Ramos was there.
Organizers said they want to make sure that everyone who comes here feels safe.
CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports from Wolters Field where security is tight. A late afternoon downpour took everyone by surprise as crews took cover, but the show will take place, rain or shine.
"One year ago we were shaken to our core," said Mayor Nancy Rotering.
Today, a step towards hope and healing in Highland Park, where the community marked one year since a mass shooting that killed 7 people and hurt dozens more during their Independence Day parade.
More than 2,200 people came together in Highland Park for a community walk to mark one year since the Fourth of July parade shooting that irrevocably changed thousands of lives.
It was an emotional 4th of July for the Highland Park community, marking one year since a gunman killed seven people and injured dozens more at the annual parade. The city spent Tuesday remembering and moving forward.
"This doesn't end today. This is not just next year. This is lifetimes of impact. And so we as a community are going to be there for each other."
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering realizes the healing process has no timeline, but she wants people to continue to lean on each other.
Moments after the ceremony, neighbors made their way to the community walk.
CBS 2's Jackie Kostek reports from Highland Park where a number of events are taking place to remember those killed last July 4th and how the community is honoring lives lost as well as reclaiming the space.
Once again, it is hard to count the number of times, a service closes with "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipe.
"This morning we remember those who were murdered and those whose lives were forever altered," Mayor Nancy Roetering said.
