Highland Park parade shooting victims range in age from 8 to 85 years old, doctors say

Police say a suspect started taking pictures shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, stopping the parade simply 10 minutes after it began. Legislation enforcement stated they imagine the suspect was firing on the group gathered to look at the parade from atop a tall constructing.

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Highland Park police described the suspect as a white man, 18 to twenty years previous with longer black hair and a small construct. Police stated he’s carrying a white or blue t-shirt. The suspect continues to be at massive and the taking pictures continues to be thought of lively.

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Highland Park Hospital docs stated they acquired about 26 victims within the quick wake of the taking pictures, 10 of which got here in by ambulance. The taking pictures victims ranged in age from 8 to 85 years previous and stated not less than 4 or 5 of the victims had been kids.

Docs stated 25 of the 26 sufferers got here in with gunshot wound accidents. A few of them had been minor, others extra extreme, and a number of other victims had been in crucial situation, docs stated.

Docs stated of these sufferers, 19 have been handled and discharged. The remaining have both been admitted at Highland Park Hospital or transferred for remedy at different space hospitals. They stated two kids stay of their care on the hospital, whereas one other pediatric affected person was taken to Evanston Hospital and one more was taken by helicopter to Comer Youngsters’s Hospital in Chicago.

Officers haven’t but recognized victims who had been killed within the taking pictures, however some members of the family have begun to take action.

Angel Toledo stated his father Nicolas Toledo is without doubt one of the folks killed within the taking pictures. He stated his father and one other member of the family had been each shot when the gunman opened hearth. The opposite member of the family, who Toledo stated is a baby, might be OK however his father Nicolas didn’t survive.

Docs and legislation enforcement haven’t but launched additional particulars concerning the identities of the opposite victims of the parade taking pictures.