A mass shooting during the Highland Park Independence Day parade claimed the lives of six people and left some two dozen others injured.
The victims ranged in age from 8 to 85 years old.
Here is what we know about the victims of the shooting.
A woman who worked and worshipped for decades at a synagogue in Glencoe was among the victims of the deadly shooting at the Highland Park parade Monday, synagogue leaders confirmed.
Jacki Sundheim coordinated events and bar and bat mitzvahs at North Shore Congregation Israel, according to the synagogue’s website. Authorities said six people were killed and 24 others wounded when a gunman opened fire just as Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade was kicking off.
Sundheim also taught preschool at Congregation Israel, where she was a lifelong member, according to a message from the synagogue. It also said her “work, kindness and warmth touched us all” and that she guided “innumerable among us through life’s moments of joy and sorrow, all of this with tireless dedication.”
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Among those shot and injured were a Northwest Side elementary school teacher and her husband, according to a Twitter statement from the Chicago Teachers Union. An online fundraiser for the family said the teacher’s father and brother-in-law were also shot, and were undergoing surgery.
