6 killed in capturing at US Independence Day parade in Chicago

Six folks have been killed and a number of other extra have been injured in a capturing at a Fourth of July parade within the rich Chicago suburb of Highland Park.

5 killed in capturing at US Independence Day parade in Chicago (Photo: AP)

Six folks have been killed and about two dozen have been injured in a capturing at a Fourth of July parade within the rich Chicago suburb of Highland Park on Monday, officers mentioned, as panicked spectators fled the scene.

Officials advised a information convention that six folks have been killed and 24 taken to hospital, and {that a} rifle was recovered from the scene.

“Law enforcement agencies are searching for the suspect; evidence of a firearm has been recovered,” the town of Highland Park reported on its web site. “Numerous law enforcement officers are responding and have secured a perimeter around downtown Highland Park.”

The capturing comes with gun violence recent on the minds of many Americans, after a bloodbath on May 24 killed 19 college youngsters and two lecturers at an elementary college in Uvalde, Texas, and the May 14 assault that killed 10 folks at a grocery retailer in Buffalo, New York.