The case of indiscriminate firing has once again come to the fore in America. During America’s Independence Day parade in Chicago, a young man opened fire on the parade. Six people are reported to have died in this attack. On Monday, July 4, the Independence Day parade was going on in Highland Park, Illinois in Chicago, when suddenly a young man started firing indiscriminately from the roof, in this attack more than 24 people are reported to be injured.
Highland Park Police Chief Lou Jogman told the media that the suspected shooter, 22-year-old Robert Cremo, has been arrested. We chased the attacker out of the car and he has been taken into custody, he said. City Police Commander Chris O’Neill said 24 people injured in the shooting had been admitted to Highland Park Hospital, while six were confirmed dead. At the same time, all the celebrations of Freedom Day on July 4 in the city of Highland Park have been canceled after this attack. Police have appealed to people to avoid going to Highland Park.
Shortly after the start of the Freedom Day Parade, the sound of gunshots echoed
As soon as the sound of gunshots was heard during the Freedom Parade, people did not understand anything at first, but as soon as people saw that a young man was coming firing bullets, then there was a stampede among the people. In this firing, 6 people died while 24 people were injured. Locals told that the youth had opened fire from the roof of a store.
Video of the incident went viral on social media
The video of this attack is going viral on social media. In this video, about 10 minutes after the start of the parade, suddenly firing starts and people are seen running here and there. The sound of bullets is also clearly heard in this video. In the video, people are seen running to save their lives after shots were fired.
Firing kills 40,000 people every year
According to the Gun Violence Archive website, firing causes approximately 40,000 deaths each year in the United States. Including incidents of suicide. This is not the first time when suddenly someone has fired indiscriminately there, even before this many incidents like this have happened. Earlier in May, two attackers opened fire that shot 10 black supermarket shoppers in New York City and 21 people, mostly young children, at an elementary school in Texas.
Joe Biden passed a bill on gun safety
Congress passed the first gun bill in decades after the gunfiring killings in the US. President Joe Biden ratified this law in the last days of June. Biden had said that this is a necessary law that will save lives in cases like firing of people.