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Horrible-Bloody incident on a 4^th of July 2022 parade near Chicago!  6 Dead, Thirty-six people injured - Police arrest 22-year-olds after a chase.

Hundreds of people celebrated US independence in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago when suddenly, a pop-pop sound of high-powered gunfire rang out. Panic broke out. According to the police, six people were killed and 36 others injured, including several children.

The perpetrator was on the run for several hours, then around 7 p.m. (local time), the redeeming news: the suspect was arrested!

According to the police, it is 22-year-old Robert E. Crimo III, whom himself comes from Highland Park. Police described him as dangerous and armed during the search.

A police officer recognized the vehicle after being searched, a silver Honda Fit. After a brief chase, Crimo III was arrested without resistance in Lake Forest, Illinois, not far from Chicago. 

No information has yet been given on a motive.

Crimo III was trying to become known as a rapper. According to Spotify, he has released a total of three albums. Crimo III also published various, mostly dark music videos with multiple hints of violence on a YouTube channel.

A clip of a newspaper article about JFK killer Lee Harvey Oswald can also be seen in a video.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the parade started around 10 a.m. local time but was suddenly halted ten minutes after gunshots were fired.

The shooter apparently fired from a roof, said Christopher Covelli, spokesman for the competent authority. 

Hundreds of people - some covered in blood - panicked and left the parade route, leaving behind chairs, strollers, and blankets. A reporter from the local newspaper saw several bloodied bodies wrapped in blankets. The police yelled at people: "Please, everyone disperse. Leave the place. It's not safe to be here."

Video taken after the shooting by a Chicago Sun-Times reporter shows a parade band playing while people run screaming by. A photo posted to social media appears to show pools of blood near fallen chairs in downtown Highland Park.

A resident told the local newspaper: "I heard 20 to 25 shots fired in quick succession. So it can't have been a handgun or shotgun." After the shots, he saw "people in the area being shot," including "a woman covered in blood."

Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering condemned the violence. "On a day when we came together to celebrate community and freedom, we instead mourn the tragic loss of life," she said.

The incident in Illinois follows a series of shootings in the United States that left several dead. Ten people were killed in a supermarket in upstate New York on May 14, and 19 schoolchildren and two teachers in a Texas elementary school on May 24.