Independence Day mass shooting in Chicago suburb sends shock waves through U.S.
NEW YORK, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The latest mass shooting targeting participants of an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, in the northern suburbs of Chicago, on Monday morning has sent a new round of shock waves across the United States.
Not only the death of six people and injury of 31 others, but also the on-going manhunt of the shooter hours after the calamity leave many on high alert.
Tom Genest, a resident from Highland Park, told Xinhua that his family has been living there for several generations and gun shooting has never happened in the area before.