Authorities said a person of interest was identified in a deadly mass shooting on Monday at the Independence Day parade on the outskirts of Chicago. increase.
Officials said he was 22-year-old Robert "Bobby" E. Climo III and is believed to be driving the 2010 Silver Honda Fit.
Gunmen fired with a "powerful rifle" while standing on the roof minutes after the parade began on the outskirts of Tony in Highland Park. Six people were killed and 24 were injured there.
The murderer "was very military style and the way to crouch and shoot was systematic,"attendees told WGNTV.
Investigators found a rifle believed to have been used in the slaughter on the scene.
Jeff Leon, 57,told CNN that the shotsounded like a firecracker and initially assumed that the noise was part of the parade.
"I saw the police start reacting and some people were lying down," he said.
Chaotic footage showed desperate parade participants (some of them bloody) running hard when the shootout exploded.
Leon said people began to hide behind the car to get away from the line of fire.
Another witness told CNN that she was hiding in the basement of a sporting goods store and saw several injured victims running around the scene with bloody glare.
She has a desperate father trashing her child Safety precautions before returning to look for other relatives.
"Stay in of the area – allow law enforcement agencies and first responders to work," said the Lake County Sheriff's Office after the genocide. I tweeted.
Images from the scene showed strollers and blankets abandoned in the turmoil.
Police said police officers ran for a shootout, but the shooters stopped firing before they arrived.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has been violent and has promised additional resources.
"The state police are on the scene and have made all state resources available to the community," he tweeted. "We will continue to work with local officials to help those affected."
Rep. Brad Schneider in the district, including Highland Park, shooting { When 83} was deployed, he said he was gathering at the beginning of the parade route.
"Hearing of lost lives and injured others. Condolences to family and loved ones. My prayers for the injured and my community" Schneider tweeted. "Make it sloppy!"
DebbieGlickman, the parade floats when a shooting occurs.
"People have a shooter! There is a shooter! There is a shooter!" Glickman said. "So we just ran. We just ran. It's like the turmoil there."
"I'm very surprised ... very sad," she said. ..
Highland Park is about a 30-minute drive from Chicago.
