6 dead 31 injured in highland park according to latest reports

[moonshinegnomie]

26 at highland park hospital 5 at evanston hospital

for those who dont know HP is about 30 miles north of chicago,in lake county illinois just across the border from cook county
it is one of the wealthiest suburbs of chicago,more than a quarter of the household makes over 200k a year.
it is very blue . its high school district is one of the highest rated in the country.

[mucifer]

1. It's Blue it's largely Jewish and they do have low income housing and also a Hispanic community.

Activist fought agains NIMBY to get the low income housing

[moonshinegnomie]

2. i went to high school there,back when fort sheridan was around

i may have done some underage drinking in highwood back then....

[hedda_foil]

5. Me and my daughters did too! What year did you graduate?

(Yes, the Highland Park English Department taught me that it's "my daughters and I. We all turned out to be professional writers.)

[moonshinegnomie]

6. 19 cough cough 80

[3catwoman3]

3. A pediatrician and father of 5 from that...

...city sued the city over it's ban on military style weapons. It went all the way to the Supreme Court. The court declined to take the case.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/262288-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-illinois-assault-weapon-ban/

The mayor of Highland Park ran in the June 28th Democratic primary, for IL Supreme Court. She had several high level endorsements, including Jill Wine-Banks and House representative Jan Schakowsky, but did not win the primary.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. I know someone who was at the parade with her husband and three kids.

She posted on Facebook that they got home safely. Just that, no details.