The Fourth of July—also known as Independence Day or July 4th—has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution. On July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later delegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Police say a gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, killing at least six people, wounding at least 30 and sending hundreds of marchers, parents with strollers and children on bicycles fleeing in terror. The man accused of opening fire at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago legally bought five weapons, including two high-powered rifles. Chicago made noted contributions to urban planning and architecture, such as the Chicago School, the development of the City Beautiful movement, and the steel-framed skyscraper. [13][14] Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. A gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, killed at least six people and wounding at least 30. The suburban Chicago man who admitted to fatally shooting seven people and wounding dozens of others during a 2022 Independence Day parade was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the Details are beginning to emerge about the victims killed and wounded in the mass shooting at the Highland Park Independence Day parade Monday. A gunman opened fire from a rooftop along the Jacki Sundheim, a dedicated congregant and worker at her synagogue, North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, Illinois, was shot and killed at the Independence Day parade in Highland Park Police are on the manhunt for a gunman that who reportedly shot dead six people and injured at least 24, during 4 July Independence Day celebration in Chicago on Monday. Authorities are on the hunt for a Caucasian male approximately 18 to 20 years old, with long black hair wearing a white or blue The American Revolution (1775–83) was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies, which won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. The war followed more than a decade of growing estrangement between the British crown and many North American colonists. On July 4, 2022, a mass shooting occurred during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, United States. The shooting occurred at 10:14 a.m. CDT (UTC−05:00), roughly 15 minutes after the parade had started. The July 4, 1979, massacre was the worst mass killing in Charlotte’s history. The shootings prompted police to beef up investigations of the bikers, and agencies across the state began sharing An Illinois man pleaded guilty Monday to killing seven people and injuring dozens more when he opened fire on a 2022 Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb, a stunning development The city of Highland Park plans to hold an Independence Day parade this year, the second time the north suburb has held the event since seven people were killed during a shooting at its annual Read More 4 of 5 | Members of the FBI’s Evidence Response Team Unit investigate in downtown Highland Park, Ill., the day after a deadly mass shooting on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Police say the gunman who attacked an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago fired more than 70 rounds with an AR-15-style gun. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times Officers search a building near the scene of a mass shooting on July 4, 2022, following the Independence Day parade in Highland Park. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Chicago shooting Chicago shooting or Chicago massacre may refer to: Haymarket affair Chicago race riot of 1919, a racial conflict between White-Americans and African-Americans, that killed 38 people (23 of whom were Black and 15 were White) Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, a gang shooting in February 1929 that killed seven people at Lincoln Park On Monday, a gunman perched on a rooftop opened fire on crowds attending north suburban Highland Park’s Independence Day parade, killing seven and wounding nearly 50 community members. Five died at the scene and two died in the days following the traumatic downtown massacre. An Illinois grand jury on Wednesday released a 117-count indictment against the man accused of murdering seven people and injuring dozens more during an Independence Day parade in the plurality Jewish Chicago suburb of Highland Park. WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — An Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago turned to chaos and panic when shots rang out, witnesses, survivors and relatives of people killed in the 2022 mass shooting
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