At least six people were killed and 24 were wounded in a shooting at a July Fourth parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, and at least some of them were Jewish, according to information provided by the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Israeli consul general Yinam Cohen has been in contact with local authorities.
No names or further information has been provided at this time.
A Lubavitcher bochur was running a tefillin stand at the parade when shots rang out a block away from him. His father, Eliezer Zalmanov, wrote in a Twitter post that his son called to say that he was safe and that he had evacuated to a nearby Chabad house.
Officers are searching for the suspect who likely fired on the festivities from a rooftop, police said.
Highland Park Police Commander Chris O’Neill urged people to shelter in place as authorities search for the suspect, described as a white male wearing a white or blue T-shirt.
A rifle was recovered at the scene.
Police believe there was only one shooter and warned that he should still be considered armed and dangerous. Police described the shooting as random.
{Matzav.com}
Fabric of American society rapidly unraveling, one string being pulled by LGTBXYZ kooks on the left and the other string being pulled by 2nd amendment nuts on the right, guess Moshiach’s just round the corner waiting for the demise of this last Golus once rotten to the core
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