The Latest Breaking News from Fourth of July

Highland Park parade mass murder suspect Robert E. Crimo III through people who knew him, police reports

He grew up in a home where his parents regularly called the police on each other, and his mother left him unattended in a car on a hot August day before he was 2.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 9, 2022

8-year-old boy paralyzed by gunshot at Highland Park massacre is conscious for the first time

CHICAGO — An 8-year-old boy who was shot in the chest at the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park is now paralyzed from the waist down, his family said Friday through their spokesman.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 8, 2022

Cooper Roberts, boy, 8, paralyzed in Highland Park mass shooting, improving, wants to see twin Luke, dog George

Upgraded to serious condition, he’s breathing on his own after being taken off a ventilator and is able for the first time since the shooting at the Fourth of July parade to speak.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 8, 2022

Chicago shooting: Nearly $2million raised for toddler orphaned in Highland Park Independence Day massacre

Two-year-old Aiden McCarthy was found bloodied and wandering alone in the aftermath of the Fourth of July mass shooting which claimed seven lives

Evening Standard · Jul 6, 2022

Democrats call for action after shooting

"Grocery stores. Schools. Churches. Fourth of July parades."

Salon · Jul 6, 2022

Highland Park shooting: Mexican grandfather among those killed called ‘a hardworking man that has contributed to this country.’

CHICAGO — Hours after a Mexican grandfather was killed and several other family members injured in the deadly shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade, several of his relatives described to the media the scene of horror they lived on a day that was supposed to be a celebration.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 6, 2022

Father killed in Highland Park Fourth of July massacre died shielding his 2 ½-year-old son

Kevin McCarthy’s father-in-law said McCarthy, killed along with his wife Irina, “had Aiden under his body when he was shot.” The boy told the grandfather when he picked him up from the police: “Mommy and Daddy are coming soon.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 5, 2022

Highland Park Fourth of July massacre suspect believed to have been turned away from synagogue

A Jewish security group says that, after seeing photos of Robert E. “Bobby” Crimo III, a Highland Park rabbi “recognized him” as the man turned away from a Passover service at his synagogue in April.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 5, 2022

Highland Park shooting death toll rises to seven as details of victims emerge

Shooting injured dozens as dead include grandfather Nicolás Toledo, teacher Jacki Sundheim and financial broker Steve Straus

The Guardian - US · Jul 5, 2022

Joey Chestnut is top dog again at Fourth of July hot dog eating contest

Chestnut, 38, put a protester who invaded the stage in a brief chokehold during the contest

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2022