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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Emmanuel Camarillo

Highland Park comes together one year after Fourth of July parade mass shooting

Family members of Nicolas Toledo join thousands in a community walk through downtown Tuesday on the one-year anniversary of the Highland Park mass shooting. Toledo, 78, was one of seven people killed in the shooting that left more than three dozen others injured during Highland Park’s 2022 Fourth of July parade. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Antonio Melgar said he couldn’t shake the nervousness that he felt Tuesday morning, standing in front of Highland Park’s City Hall, blocks from where his wife and 11-year-old son were wounded in last year’s Fourth of July parade shooting. 

“It feels a bit strange,” Melgar said. “There’s a lot of people here, and you’re just standing here thinking it could happen again. That will always stay in your head. But here we are.” 

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