Here's what we know about the Highland Park victims
A mass shooting on Monday in Highland Park, Ill., left seven people dead and around two dozen others injured after a gunman opened fire at a Fourth of July parade in the northern Chicago suburb. The victims of the tragedy include the parents of a 2-year-old toddler and a stockbroker who was also a good joke-teller. Details are still forthcoming on the seventh victim of the shooting. Here's what we know about the victims who were identified by th
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Vice President Harris is renewing her call for stricter gun control in the wake of a deadly mass shooting on the Fourth of July in Highland Park, Illinois. “As we all know, yesterday should have been a day to come together with family and friends to celebrate our nation’s independence. And instead, that community suffered a violent tragedy. Children, parents, grandparents -- victims to a senseless act of gun violence,” the vice president said Tuesday at the National Education Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, just miles away from Highland Park. “
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