伊利诺伊州高地公园的居民来说，这是一个阴沉的7月4日，他们聚集在一起纪念大规模枪击事件一周年七个狂欢者的生活并导致数十人受伤。
周二上午10点14分，即大规模枪击事件发生的时间，数百人与包括美国参议员谭美·达克沃斯和迪克·德宾以及州长JB Pritzker在内的政要一起在市政厅外默哀。
然后，他们向北游行，组织者说，这样做不仅是为了纪念受害者，也是为了从悲剧中恢复这一天和游行。
高地公园市长南希·罗特林在仪式上说:“我为我们的社区在这12个月和今天相互支持而感到骄傲。”。
一名持枪男子在去年的游行中开枪，打死了数十名游行者和游行者。调查人员称，在大规模枪击事件中，共开了83枪。
事件中有七人丧生:64岁的凯瑟琳·戈尔茨坦，88岁的斯蒂芬·斯特劳斯，63岁的杰基·桑德海姆，78岁的尼古拉斯·托莱多-萨拉戈萨，69岁的爱德华多·乌瓦尔多，35岁的伊琳娜·麦卡锡和她37岁的丈夫凯文·麦卡锡。游行期间，麦卡锡一家和他们两岁的儿子艾登在一起，他们在事件中失散了。
这个蹒跚学步的孩子活了下来。
另有48人因枪击或弹片受伤。
其中一名受害者在周一晚上获得了荣誉在密尔沃基小熊队对酿酒队的比赛中。
库珀·罗伯茨，9岁，腰部以下瘫痪的人把比赛的第一个球投给了他最喜欢的球员克里斯蒂安·耶利奇。
2023年7月3日，在密尔沃基，高地公园枪击案受害者库珀·罗伯茨在密尔沃基酿酒人队和芝加哥小熊队之间的棒球比赛前投出了仪式性的第一球。
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“库珀和他的家人在这里，代表着整个社区在漫长的恢复道路上的一个里程碑，”酿酒商的商业运营总裁里克·施莱辛格在一份声明中说。
经过一个小时的追捕，警方抓获并逮捕了22岁的嫌疑人罗伯特·克里莫三世。被指控的枪手是被控117项刑事罪包括21项一级谋杀罪，每名受害者三项，以及48项谋杀未遂罪。
嫌疑人不服罪，正在等待审判。
如果罪名成立，他将面临终身监禁，不得假释。
调查人员表示，嫌疑人合法购买了枪击中使用的武器以及逮捕期间在他的汽车中发现的其他枪支。
12月，嫌疑人的父亲小罗伯特·克里莫，被调查人员指控七项罪名鲁莽的行为造成了巨大的身体伤害。据称，嫌疑人的父亲为他的儿子签署了枪支所有者的身份证，以申请枪支所有权。
被指控的枪手当时19岁，太年轻了，不能独自获得FOID身份证。
嫌疑人的父亲不服罪对他的指控。
罗特林和其他社区领袖推动结束枪支暴力。
“当我们记住枪击事件的每一位受害者时，让我们承诺做出有意义的改变，”她说。
Highland Park gathers to remember parade shooting victims, push for change
It was a somber Fourth of July for the residents of Highland Park, Illinois, as they gathered to mark one year since the mass shooting that took thelives of seven revelersand wounded dozens of others.
Hundreds of people joined dignitaries, including U.S. senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin and Gov. JB Pritzker, outside city hall on Tuesday to mark a moment of silence at 10:14 a.m., the time when the mass shooting occurred.
They then marched north on a memorial walk that organizers said was done not only to honor the victims but reclaim the day and the parade from the tragedy.
"I am so proud of how our community has supported one another during these 12 months and today," Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering said during the service.
A gunman armed with a rifle opened fire during last year's parade, striking dozens of paradegoers and marchers. Investigators said 83 shots were fired during the mass shooting.
Seven people were killed during the incident: Katherine Goldstein, 64, Stephen Straus, 88, Jacki Sundheim, 63, Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, 78, Eduardo Uvaldo, 69, and Irina McCarthy, 35, and her husband Kevin McCarthy, 37. During the parade, the McCarthy's were with their 2-year-old son, Aiden, and were separated during the incident.
The toddler survived.
Forty-eight other people were wounded from either gunshots or shrapnel.
One of those victimswas honored Monday nightduring the Cubs-Brewers game in Milwaukee.
Cooper Roberts, 9,who was paralyzed from the waist down, threw out the first pitch of the game to his favorite player Christian Yelich.
"Having Cooper here, alongside his family, represents a milestone in this long path to recovery for the entire community," Rick Schlesinger, the Brewers' president of business operations, said in a statement.
After an hours-long manhunt, police caught and arrested the suspect, Robert Crimo III, 22. The alleged gunman wascharged with 117 criminal countsincluding 21 counts of first-degree murder, three counts for each victim, as well as 48 counts of attempted murder.
The suspect has pleaded not guilty and awaiting trial.
He faces life in prison without parole if convicted on his charges.
Investigators said the suspect legally purchased the weapon used in the shooting and other firearms found in his car during his arrest.
In December, the suspect's father, Robert Crimo Jr.,was charged by investigators with seven countsof reckless conduct causing great bodily harm. The suspect's father allegedly signed the Firearm Owner's Identification card for his son to apply for gun ownership.
The alleged gunman was 19 at the time and too young to get a FOID card on his own.
The suspect's fatherpleaded not guiltyto his charges.
Rotering and other community leaders pushed for an end to gun violence.
"As we remember each of the victims of the shooting let us commit to making meaningful change," she said.
