Washington: Six persons killed and dozens of people were injured in a person allegedly opened fire on the parade at around 10 am on Monday at Highland Park, Chicago. According to the eye witnesses they heard 20 to 25 shots, which were in rapid succession. So it couldn’t have been just a handgun or a shotgun.

Fourth of July is the American Independence day and it is a national holiday. Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek said that five people died at the scene of the shooting, all adults. And the sixth victim died in hospital. All of the victims have been identified, though authorities still were notifying families.

The police identified Robert E. “Bobby” Crimo III as a person of interest and also released his picture for people to identify and inform the authorities. According to the police sources the shooter used a high-powered rifle and shot into the parade from the rooftop of a building on the route.

Christopher Covelli of the Lake County sheriff’s office and the Lake County major crimes task force, said the shooting was very random, very intentional. There was no word on his motivation yet. Witnesses described people fleeing in utter panic when shooting started.

US President Joe Biden said in a statement, I recently signed the first major bipartisan gun reform legislation in almost thirty years into law, which includes actions that will save lives. But there is much more work to do, and I’m not going to give up fighting the epidemic of gun violence.