Several people were shot this Monday in the town of Highland Park (Illinois, USA) due to a shooting that occurred during a parade for the country’s Independence Day, according to the Chicago Sun newspapers Times and Chicago Tribune.
The city of Highland Park reported on its Facebook page that the Police were responding to “an incident” in the center of the municipality and that the parade for the Day of the Independence of the United States, which is celebrated on July 4, had been cancelled.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the Governor of Illinois, Democrat Jay Robert “JB” Pritzker, was in the parade and reported nine injuries as a result of the shooting.
Neither the Police nor the Highland Park City Council have offered official figures on the injuries or if there have been any deaths.
A Chicago Sun Times journalist said he saw blankets covering three bloodied bodies and stated that at least five people were injured, the newspaper reports.
A witness quoted by the Chicago Sun Times indicates that at least 20 shots were heard.
Highland Park is a municipality located about 30 kilometers from Chicago in which some 30 live ),20 people, according to the census of 2020.