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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mary Norkol

Highland Park shooting survivor — in Nashville when another massacre unfolded — rips lack of action on guns

Ashbey Beasley, who fled with others from the scene of the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, speaks about gun legislation during a press conference in July in Washington. Beasley was in Nashville on Monday when a shooter opened fire at an elementary school killing six. (Anna Rose Layden/Getty)

Ashbey Beasley was in Nashville on Monday when a shooter killed three adults and three students at an elementary school.

The attack struck a nerve, bringing back bitter memories of the Highland Park massacre last year, where seven people were killed when a gunman armed with an assault rifle fired from a rooftop at a crowd of people attending a July 4th parade. Beasley and her son were nearby.

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