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‘It has just shattered our communities and shaken all of us,’ says official at church that Highland Park shooting suspect sometimes attended

Highland Park resident Kernel Parikh, left, leaves flowers near the Central Avenue crime scene on July 5, 2022, the day after a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park.

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Members of the Highland Park community came together to grieve Tuesday after seven people were killed and more than two dozen others injured in a mass shooting during the town’s Independence Day parade.

In the first of several vigils, about 60 people gathered in a gym at Trinity Grace Church in Highland Park. Several pastors from nearby Christ Church attended, said Jill Carter, executive director of creative arts and communications for Christ Church. Carter said they weren’t able to host a

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