HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Members of the Highland Park community came together to grieve Tuesday after seven people were killed and more than two dozen others injured in a mass shooting during the town’s Independence Day parade.
In the first of several vigils, about 60 people gathered in a gym at Trinity Grace Church in Highland Park. Several pastors from nearby Christ Church attended, said Jill Carter, executive director of creative arts and communications for Christ Church. Carter said they weren’t able to host a vigil in their church because it was still roped off by police as part of the shooting scene.
The suspect in the shooting, Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III, 21, attended Christ Church off and on for the past several years, Carter said.
