It really is upsetting that only Jews and Jewish news sites are reporting on the fact that Highland Park is a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood, and that so far one of the victims was confirmed to be Jewish. There was a Klezmer Band at the parade.
Everyone keeps talking about it being a random attack but there's no way it was random.
The shooter has been identified as Robert E. Crimo III but he's hasn't yet been found. So far, 2 out of the six killed have been confirmed to be Jewish.
May their memories be a blessing.
the shooter has now been found. The area has canceled all fireworks today and all festivities even after he was found and lockdown was lifted.
A 'person of interest' in connection with a mass shooting at July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, has been taken into custody Robert E. Crimo III, a person of interest in a mass shooting at a parade that left six dead and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals CNNYep. It's also important to not that Crimo had a history of posting MAGA related content and white supremacy. This is not a random attack, it was racially and antisemitically motivated.