Highland Park shooting: Grandfather, ‘tireless’ synagogue teacher among victims

At least six people were killed and dozens more injured Monday after a gunman opened fire on a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb.

What was supposed to be a day of celebration turned into one of shock, chaos and mourning for the small American town of Highland Park in Illinois.

At least six people were killed and dozens more injured Monday when a gunman opened fire on a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago-area suburb.

A person of interest has been arrested in connection to the violence – the latest in a recent series of mass shootings in the United States that includes one at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 and another at a supermarket in a predominately Black neighbourhood in Buffalo, N.Y., that killed 10.

The motive for the Independence Day shooting remains unclear.

Although police have not released details about the victims, at least two of the dead have been identified.

Here is what we know so far.

Nicolas Toledo, a man in his 70s from Mexico who was visiting family in Illinois, was the first victim identified as of late Monday, by his family.

He was shot and died at the scene, his granddaughter, Xochil Toledo, told the Chicago Sun-Times.