(CNN)At least 6 shots at the Independence Day parade on Monday in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. More than 20 others were killed and injured, according to Chris O'Neill, commander of the Highland Park Police, who was left behind.
Police are still searching for a suspect who explained that O'Neill was a white man between the ages of 18 and 20 and was wearing a T-shirt.
He said the rifle was recovered from the scene. He said the attack appeared to be "completely random" and the suspect appeared to have shot from the roof. O'Neill advised people to evacuate to their place.
A total of 31 people were transferred to the hospital, according to a hospital spokesman.
A shooting at Highland Park, about 25 miles north of Chicago, has fled hundreds of people and triggered police response from local, state, and federal police officers.
On-site witnesses described a peaceful parade pierced by sudden gunshots and subsequent turmoil.
Miles Zaremsky said that at around 10:20 am, 20 minutes after the start of the parade, he fired twice in a row on CT and heard about 20-30 shots. rice field. He said the gunshot hail made people escape the stampede. He explained to CNN that he saw many people standing on the ground bloody and chaotic in the scene.
"When the shooting started, my campaign team and I were together at the beginning of the parade. My team and I are safe and secure," he said.
A video shot by witness Hugo Aguilera shows an ambulance turning a parade route and a police car sirening when people gather on a grassy sidewalk. An aerial video from the CNN-affiliated WLS shows a lawn chair abandoned up and down the parade route in the heavy presence of police.
Warren Fried, who attended the parade with his wife and seven-year-old twins, said he saw police and ambulances passing by at the parade, after which he heard a series of gunshots. .. People began shouting "shooters" and "runs," and he and his family fled towards their car for safety.
"People were hiding and the kids were looking for their parents on the street. I was just in shock," he said.
Jeff Leon, 57, tells CNN that the shot sounds like a "firecracker in a trash can" and only when he sees a police officer react is he aware of something happening. Said that.
"I saw the police start reacting and some people were lying down," Leon said. "We just took off, and as you know, we were hiding behind a car, folding into the next car, and going our way."
Scheduled to start at 10am at the intersection of Laurel Avenue and St. John's Avenue, head north on St. John's Avenue, west on Central Avenue and continue to Sunset Park. The city said.