Reporters, Evanston mayor react to Highland Park shooting

Plus, we open the phones to hear what’s on your mind.

A woman wipes tears after a mass shooting at the Highland Park
A woman wipes tears after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb. Nam Y. Huh / Associated Press
A woman wipes tears after a mass shooting at the Highland Park
A woman wipes tears after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb. Nam Y. Huh / Associated Press

Reporters, Evanston mayor react to Highland Park shooting

Plus, we open the phones to hear what’s on your mind.

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At least seven people were killed and dozens more wounded in what should have been a day of celebration in Highland Park on the Fourth of July. According to officials, a gunman with a high-powered rifle shot randomly at paradegoers Monday morning from a rooftop nearby.

Reset talks with a reporter who was on the ground and witnessed the shooting, and hears from the mayor of a nearby suburb about the greater impact of the deadly attack.

GUESTS: Lynn Sweet, columnist and Washington bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times

Sarah Karp, WBEZ reporter

Daniel Biss, Evanston mayor