AT least six are dead and dozens are injured after a shooting at a Fourth of July parade, and one father chillingly described how he hid his son from the shooter.
The Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois — about 25 miles north of Chicago — descended into chaos 10 minutes into its start after a gunman opened fire on parade-goers.
One father described to WGN9 how he hid his son during the shooting.
“He reloaded, and then that’s when I grabbed my son and I ran around the corner and I put him in a dumpster, a garbage dumpster,” he said.
“And I asked some people to stay there with him because I had to go back to find the rest of my family.”
Blankets and chairs were left strewn along the parade route as people abandoned their belongings to run for safety.
Law enforcement sources confirmed that six people have been killed and 31 others have been hospitalized.
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