FOG BLOG U.S. NEWS LOG: BREAKING! 4TH OF JULY TRAGEDY IN HIGHLAND PARK ILL 6 KILLED, OVER 30 INJURED

Parade Shooting Live Updates: Police Sweep Chicago Suburbs for Gunman

Gunshots rained down from a rooftop onto a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., killing six and injuring dozens. Celebrations were called off across the region amid fears of more violence. Police sought the gunman as events were canceled. 'We don't know what his intentions were', an official said HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — A massive search for a gunman turned Fourth of July celebrations across the Chicago region into chaos on Monday, after someone opened fire from a rooftop into a parade in suburban Highland Park, killing at least six people and sending two dozen more to the hospital with injuries.

Residents near the parade route were told to stay inside as hundreds of law enforcement officers fanned out across Chicago’s northern suburbs, and as communities weighed whether it was safe to carry on with their own holiday celebrations. After the shooting, 26 patients ranging in age from 8 to 85 were taken to Highland Park Hospital, 25 of them with gunshot wounds, said Dr. Brigham R. Temple, the medical director for emergency preparedness at NorthShore University HealthSystem. At least 10 other patients were taken to nearby hospitals, he said. Their injuries ranged from minor to severe.