The president of the United States, Joe Biden, issued a statement this Monday after six people died and several more were injured after a mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, during an Independence Day parade.
The recent shooting, whose suspect has not been captured by the police, occurred days after the president signed a bipartisan bill to control the use of weapons, and with which they aspire to lives are saved.
“There is a lot of work to do, and I will not stop fighting the epidemic of armed violence,” Biden said in the letter published by Karine Jean-Pierre, press secretary of the White House.
In the letter, Biden assured that both he and the first lady, Jill, are “shocked” by the escalation of armed violence in the country, thanking the authorities who responded to the incident on Monday.
“Jill and I are shocked by the armed violence nonsense that has once again brought pain to an American community on this Independence Day. As always, we are grateful for the first responders and law enforcement on the scene,” the president said in the official statement.
Biden mentioned in the letter that he contacted JB Pritzker, Governor of Illinois , as well as the mayor of Highland Park, Nancy Rotering, to whom he offered federal support in the affected communities.
“I also asked the federal police to help in the urgent search for the shooter, who He is still on the run at this time. Community members should follow the guidance of leadership on the ground, and I will closely monitor them as we learn more about those whose lives have been lost, and I will pray for those who are in hospital with serious injuries.” Biden.
The fatal shooting occurred about ten minutes after the parade began on Independence Day, sending hundreds of people running in terror as gunshots rang out, the Chicago Sun Times reported.
The authorities have not yet found the alleged aggressor, who was identified as a white man among some 18 and 18 years, which is considered “armed and dangerous,” police said at a news conference.
According to a witness, the alleged perpetrator would have been run over by a red Jeep that was heading north of the city on Pulaski Road.