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Picture Chicago: must-see images from Sun-Times photographers this past week

The weekend began with fireworks, but two mass shootings on the Fourth of July in Highland Park and Chicago turned celebrations into grieving.

Chicago Sun-Times

GOP's gun deflection game grows stale

Following a mass shooting at a Fourth of July Parade in Highland Park, the right blames drugs and mental illness

Salon

Akerna Flash Report: Fourth Of July Weekend Cannabis Sales Total $255.5M

Business intelligence from Akerna (NASDAQ: KERN) revealed that US cannabis shoppers spent a total of $255.5 million on adult-use and medical cannabis products during the Fourth of July weekend.

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First Thing: Highland Park shooting suspect charged with murder

Robert Crimo III, 21, faces seven counts of first-degree murder after Fourth of July massacre. Plus, why you shouldn’t mess with New York’s bodegas

The Guardian - UK

Chicago shooting: Nearly $2million raised for toddler orphaned in Highland Park Independence Day massacre

Two-year-old Aiden McCarthy was found bloodied and wandering alone in the aftermath of the Fourth of July mass shooting which claimed seven lives

Evening Standard

Democrats call for action after shooting

"Grocery stores. Schools. Churches. Fourth of July parades."

Salon

Highland Park shooting: Mexican grandfather among those killed called ‘a hardworking man that has contributed to this country.’

CHICAGO — Hours after a Mexican grandfather was killed and several other family members injured in the deadly shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade, several of his relatives described to the media the scene of horror they lived on a day that was supposed to be a celebration.

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Father killed in Highland Park Fourth of July massacre died shielding his 2 ½-year-old son

Kevin McCarthy’s father-in-law said McCarthy, killed along with his wife Irina, “had Aiden under his body when he was shot.” The boy told the grandfather when he picked him up from the police: “Mommy and Daddy are coming soon.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park Fourth of July massacre suspect believed to have been turned away from synagogue

A Jewish security group says that, after seeing photos of Robert E. “Bobby” Crimo III, a Highland Park rabbi “recognized him” as the man turned away from a Passover service at his synagogue in April.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park shooting death toll rises to seven as details of victims emerge

Shooting injured dozens as dead include grandfather Nicolás Toledo, teacher Jacki Sundheim and financial broker Steve Straus

The Guardian - US

Joey Chestnut is top dog again at Fourth of July hot dog eating contest

Chestnut, 38, put a protester who invaded the stage in a brief chokehold during the contest

Evening Standard

Philadelphia: Two police officers injured in second Fourth of July shooting in US

Video posted on social media show hundreds of people in the crowd scattering in panic after shots were fired

Evening Standard

In painful, chilling detail, witnesses recount the deadly mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade

CHICAGO — The first popping noises sounded like firecrackers or maybe a gun salute honoring the American flag.

Chicago Tribune

July 4th met with burst of violence in Boston: 10 people shot at 7 locations in the city

BOSTON — Gunshots rang and blood spilled across the streets of Boston on the eve of the Fourth of July as 10 people were shot at seven different locations in the city.

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PHOTOS: Sun-Times photographers on the scene in Highland Park on the day after

Here’s a look at photos taken by Sun-Times photographers following the Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park.

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Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo chow their way to victory in Nathan's hot dog eating contest

Chestnut took his 15th win at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, and Sudo made a decisive comeback to win the women's title.

Chicago Tribune

‘This appears to be completely random': 6 dead, 2 dozen shot during Fourth of July parade in Chicago suburb

CHICAGO — More than two dozen people were injured in a “random” mass shooting in Highland Park on Monday morning, at least six of them fatally shot, about 15 minutes into the northern suburb’s Fourth of July parade, according to police and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

Chicago Sun-Times

Where is Highland Park, Illinois?

The suburb where a mass shooter opened fire during a Fourth of July parade Monday is roughly 25 miles outside Chicago.

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The Guardian - US

‘This isn’t freedom’: Fourth of July shooting rocks Chicago and shocks US

Leaders and activists demand change after shooter targets Highland Park parade celebrating Independence Day

Chicago Sun-Times

Fourth of July parades, festivities in other suburbs canceled after Highland Park mass shooting

Evanston, Skokie, Deerfield, Glencoe, Winnetka and Morton Grove were among those canceling Independence Day festivities.

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Suspect Captured in Shooting at July 4 Parade in Chicago’s Highland Park Suburb

Police announced they had captured a suspect in a shooting on Monday that killed six people and wounded more than 36 when a man with a high-powered rifle opened fire from a rooftop at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. Police confirmed they captured…

Chicago Tribune

‘It was chaotic’: Reports of 1 dead, 8 others shot during Fourth of July parade in Chicago suburb

CHICAGO — Multiple people reportedly were shot Monday morning, at least one fatally, about 10 minutes into the northern suburb’s Fourth of July parade, according to witnesses and published reports.

Chicago Tribune

‘It was chaotic’: Reports of 5 dead, 16 others shot during Fourth of July parade in Chicago suburb

CHICAGO — More than a dozen people were shot in Highland Park Monday morning, at least five of them fatally, about 10 minutes into the northern suburb’s Fourth of July parade, according to police and witnesses. The shooter had not been caught as of Monday afternoon and the area around…

The Independent UK

Six victims dead and 24 hospitalised in mass shooting at July 4 parade in Illinois with gunman still at large

The shooting unfolded around 10 minutes after the Highland Park Fourth of July parade kicked off at 10am on Monday morning

The Independent UK

In comeback, Sudo wins women's title at July 4 hot dog race

Record-holder Miki Sudo has won the women’s title at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest after skipping last year’s frank fest because she was pregnant

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