JULY 4TH TRAGEDY: AT LEAST 6 PEOPLE DEAD, 24 INJURED IN MASS SHOOTING IN THE U.S

The Independence Day celebrations in Chicago suburb of Highland Park was filled with sorrow after a gunman who's now at large, opened fire from a rooftop killing at least six people and wounding 24 people.

It is reported that the incident happened on Monday, July 4, turning a civic display of patriotism into a scene of panicked mayhem.

Police authorities said they were searching for a white male about 18 to 20 years old and asked the public for tips and cellphone images and surveillance video to help find him. They did not have a motive for the shooting.

President Biden said he was shocked by the senseless gun vilence that has yet again brought grief to an American community on this independence Day."