(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) WASHINGTON, July 4 (KUNA) -- A shooter opened fire along the path of an Independence Day parade in the US state of Illinois on Monday, police said.
'The Illinois State Police is currently assisting Highland Park PD with an active shoot situation that occurred at the Highland Park Parade,' the Midwestern state's police force tweeted.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office, which is responsible for the area that includes Highland Park, the city near Chicago where the shooting took place, also said it was assisting with 'a shooting in the area of the Independence Day parade route.'
The sheriff's office did not say whether the parade had reached that point on the route when the shots started, but the Chicago Sun-Times reported that the shooting began about 10 minutes after the parade did.
Highland Park announced that all July 4 festivities had been canceled as a result.
Authorities did not say how many people had been shot, but local media outlets reported there were nine victims. (end)
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