Survivor Talks About Highland Park Parade Shooting
Parade-goers abandoned their belongings as they fled the Fourth of July celebration. WBEZ
HIGHLAND PARK — The gunman who attacked an Independence Day parade in Highland Park fired more than 70 rounds with an AR-15-style gun that killed at least six people. That's according to authorities, who said Tuesday that the shooter then evaded initial capture by dressing as a woman and blending into the fleeing crowd. Christopher Covelli is a spokesman for the Lake County Major Crime Task Force. He told a news conference that the suspect used a high-powered rifle to spray bullets from atop a commercial building into a crowd that had gathered for the parade. More than 30 people were wounded. Covelli said the shooter spent several weeks planning the assault. - Associated Press
The 21st spoke with a witness to the shooting who lives in the area, a reporter who covered the injured arriving at North Shore Hospital, and a professor of emergency medicine.
Guests:
Rick Atterberry
Highland Park resident
Michael Puente
WBEZ Reporter
Lori Post
Professor And Director Of The Buehler Center For Health Policy And Economics At Northwestern University’s Feinberg School Of Medicine
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