Highland Park Police Chief Louis Jogmen sat down with ABC7's Cate Cauguiran to break down the parade shooting and repercussions for the community.
The day began like any other; perhaps even more beautiful than recent July Fourths. The community was coming together again after two long years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"It was loud, it was fast. And it was really hard to pinpoint where it was coming from, because the sound was reverberating off of the buildings in the downtown area," he recalled.Police didn't know where the gunman was and had trouble finding him. Watching people run in one direction they knew it was likely he was in the opposite direction, but it was difficult to see and difficult to pinpoint where the sound of gunfire was coming from.
Jogmen said as his officers worked as many social media leads as they could find, the ATF were able to trace the weapon the gunman left behind at what he called"miraculous" speed. "I can recall a family that I handed the baseball card to, you know, maybe a half hour earlier at the parade route beginning, and to see their face after and before... the dichotomy of that certainly stays with me," he said. There's no question that'll leave a lasting mark."
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