Biden orders flags be lowered to honor victims of Highland Park shooting
President Biden on Tuesday ordered flags be lowered to half-staff until Saturday evening to honor the victims of a shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago.
The president issued a proclamation “as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of gun violence” a day after a gunman killed six people and injured dozens more in Highland Park, Ill., at a Fourth of July celebration.
Flags will be lowered at government buildings and at military installations until sunset on Saturday.
A gunman opened fire at an annual holiday parade in the suburb located nearly 30 miles from the city of Chicago, sending families scrambling for safety.
Authorities late Monday arrested 22-year-old Robert Crimo III, a person of interest in the shooting, following a brief car pursuit.
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