July 4, 2022 1:46 pm
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — At least six people died and 24 were wounded in a shooting at a July Fourth parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, and officers are searching for a suspect who likely fired on the festivities from a rooftop, police said Monday. Highland Park Police Commander Chris O’Neill, the incident commander on scene, urged people to shelter in place as authorities search for the suspect. Hours after the shooting, with bystanders and media standing nearby, about a dozen officers suddenly dashed for a small office building half a block from where the shooting occurred — crouching at the glass doors, before flinging them open and rushing in, rifles pointed inside into a dark foyer. It was not immediately clear why the police had entered the building. Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said at a news conference that the gunman apparently opened fire on parade-goers from a rooftop using a rifle that was recovered at the scene. He didn’t know which building. Covelli said police believe there was only one shooter and warned that he should still be considered armed and dangerous. He and O’Neill described the shooting as random. The suspect has been described as a white male between the ages of eighteen and twenty.
July 4, 2022 10:24 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – A member of the House Jan. 6 committee says more witnesses are coming forward with new details on the Capitol insurrection following former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s devastating testimony last week against former President Donald Trump. Illinois Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger says “there will be way more information” in two public hearings this month and to “stay tuned,” because people are emerging “every day.” Hutchinson testified that Trump wanted to join an angry mob of his supporters who marched to the Capitol, where they rioted. Hutchinson also said then-White House counsel Pat Cipollone was concerned Trump would face criminal charges if the Republican then-president joined them.
July 4, 2022 10:19 am
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Danish police said a gunman who killed three people when he opened fire in a crowded shopping mall acted alone and apparently selected his victims at random. Authorities all but ruled out Monday that attack was an “act of terrorism.” Police have not identified a motive for Sunday’s attack inside one of Scandinavia’s biggest shopping centers. A suspect carrying a rifle and knife was quickly arrested. Copenhagen chief police inspector Søren Thomassen said the 22-year-old Danish man also had access to another gun. He said the firearms were obtained illegally and that the suspect was known to mental health services but gave no further details on either.
July 4, 2022 10:15 am
ROME (AP) – Heavy rain was hampering the search in Italy for those unaccounted for – perhaps as many 15 – a day after an enormous chunk of an Alpine glacier broke off and slammed into hikers. Italian state TV said a body was located on Monday, raising to seven the known death toll of the avalanche from the Marmolada glacier a day earlier. Italian news reports said so far, four victims have been identified in a morgue set up in an ice rink in the resort town of Canazei. State TV reported that three of the dead were Italians, while the fourth was from Czechia. áWith conditions too dangerous for rescuers and dogs to search the slope, drones were being used for most of Monday morning.
July 4, 2022 10:12 am
AKRON, Ohio (AP) – Authorities say a Black man was unarmed when Akron police chased him on foot and killed him in a hail of gunfire, but officers believed he had shot at them earlier from a vehicle and feared he was preparing to fire again. Akron police released video Sunday of the pursuit and killing of 25-year-old Jayland Walker. The mayor called the June 27 shooting “heartbreaking” while asking for patience from the community. It isn’t yet clear how many shots were fired by the eight officers who were involved, but Walker sustained more than 60 wounds.
July 4, 2022 8:38 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting that happened on Pittsburgh’s South Side on Monday morning. According to our newsparter WPXI, officers were called around 3:40 a.m. for shots fired. When they arrived on the scene in the 3200 block of East Carson Street, they found evidence of a shooting, including shell casings. Police said they were then alerted to two victims in the hospital who said they were shot along East Carson Street. Both are in stable condition. Police said they also located the car of one of the victims in the 3400 block of East Carson Street. The investigation is ongoing as police review camera footage from the area.
July 4, 2022 4:12 am
Food Helpers and the Washington County Food Bank are announcing a cooperative effort with the CNX Foundation to fight hunger in school children. George Omiros, CEO of Food Helpers announced that the CNX Foundation will be donating $100,000 to the 471 Kids Food Challenge. They will also fund a $135,000 matching challenge gift. The 471 Kids Food Challenge is named for a statistic that states that on any given night, 471 kids in Washington County go to bed hungry every night. The challenge will be in effect from now through December. The challenge will also go hand in hand with a nutrition program that the group will sponsor. Food Helpers has partnered with Carnegie Mellon University to help students learn about nutrition using the Little Moochi app. Students take a picture of their food and an animated character will help them make good decisions about the foods they eat. Donations for the program may be made on line at FoodHelpers.org. Volunteer opportunities are available to help pack the Moochi Packs that students may obtain at their schools. Other opportunities are available at their retail outlet and warehouse on Rt. 40 in Centerville.
July 4, 2022 4:10 am
Canonsburg held its 59th annual 4th of July celebration Monday. The day started out with the Whiskey Rebellion 5K Race and Walk at 7:30 a.m. Opening remarks took place at the reviewing stand along Pike Street at 9:05 and the parade kicked-off at 10:00 a.m. Town Park Pool offered free admission from noon to 6:00 p.m. with live music from the main pavilion at 1:30 and 3:30. The celebration capped off with a Zambelli fireworks display at 10:00 p.m. Canonsburg Memorial Stadium was not open to the public for watching fireworks this year.
July 3, 2022 8:20 am
SYDNEY (AP) — Thousands of residents in Sydney suburbs were told to evacuate their homes on Sunday after heavy rains caused floodwaters to rise and rivers to overflow in what authorities called life-threatening emergencies. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for heavy rain and flash floods and winds of up to 55 miles per hour along the coast of Australia’s most populous city and other parts of New South Wales state. Authorities said that Warragamba Dam in western Sydney began overflowing overnight and the peak spill would be comparable to devastating flooding in March last year. Residents in a number of suburbs have been ordered to evacuate, but Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke said people don’t need to wait to be told to leave.
July 3, 2022 8:18 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s defense minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of Ukraine’s Donbas region. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia’s troops together with members of a local separatist militia “have established full control over the city of Lysychansk,” a ministry statement said. Taking Lysychansk constitutes “the liberation of the Luhansk People’s Republic,” one of two separatist regions in Ukraine that Russia recognizes as sovereign, the statement said. Ukrainian fighters spent weeks trying to defend Lysychansk and to keep it from falling to Russia, as neighboring Sievierodonetsk did a week ago. A presidential adviser predicted late Saturday that the city’s fate could be determined within days. Ukrainian officials did not immediately provide an update on its status.
