On Highland Park’s day of horror, a small act of kindness for a little dog hurt in the chaos

Reina Conner with the family dog Lola, who was injured in the chaos during the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting and got lost but was rescued by another parade-goer, Katie Gillman, as she ran from the shooting with her family. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Sun-Times)

Katie Gillman was racing south down Second Street in Highland Park, a few steps behind her husband Max, who’d grabbed their daughters’ double stroller and yelled “Run!” after the shooting began at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade.

Just before Walnut Street, she looked back and saw a mass of people, all running for their lives.