The Latest Breaking News from Fourth of July

Ross Cosmetics had to shut down for a week. But then store owners Earl and Arden Edelcup and all of Highland Park began working to help each other recover from the horror.

A year later, Zoe Pawelczak and her father, Scott Vanden-Heuvel, are still trying to figure out how to live with what happened the day they ran for their lives.

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — After a gunman killed seven people and wounded dozens firing 83 shots in less than a minute from an assault rifle at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade, U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Highland Park, quickly pushed a ban on military weapons through the House of Representatives.

“There’s no question the mutual aid we received is what carried the day for us to be successful as we could be,” Highland Park police Chief Lou Jogmen says.

“Because of the marketing and advertising of these kinds weapons, our lives will not be the same,” said Lorena Rebollar Sedano, who was shot in the foot and is one of those who filed suit Wednesday.

Suspect Robert Crimo III “was ready to go to war — just as Smith & Wesson told him he could,” according to suits that accuse the gunmaker of “deceptive and unfair marketing” and also target others, including Crimo’s father.

Robert E. Crimo III is accused of opening fire from a rooftop during a Fourth of July parade, killing seven people and wounding at least 48 others.

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — A Lake County grand jury on Wednesday indicted Robert Crimo III on 117 felony counts in the Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park that killed seven people and wounded dozens of others.

Each July 24, the state of Utah celebrates “Pioneer Day.” There are parades, rodeos, fireworks, a marathon, hikes and historical outfits, plus lots of red, white and blue – similar to the Fourth of July and other patriotic events in America.