FBI agents are peeking into trash cans and under picnic blankets as they search for more evidence after a gunman fired on an Independence Day parade from a suburban Chicago rooftop
“It definitely hits a lot harder when it’s not only your hometown but it’s also right in front of you,” resident Ron Tuazon said as he and a friend returned to the parade route Monday evening to retrieve chairs, blankets and a child’s bike that he and his family abandoned when the shooting began.
Dozens of fired bullets sent hundreds of parade-goers — some visibly bloodied — fleeing. They left a trail of abandoned items that showed everyday life suddenly, violently disrupted: a box of chocolate cookies spilled onto the grass; a child’s Chicago Cubs cap; baby strollers, some bearing American flags.
Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek said the five people killed at the parade were adults, but didn’t have information on the sixth. “It is devastating that a celebration of America was ripped apart by our uniquely American plague,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said at a news conference. The task force spokesman, Christopher Covelli, said that Crimo legally purchased the gun in Illinois within the past year.
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