A 22 year-old man's been arrested after six people were killed in a shooting at an Independence Day parade in Chicago.
More than 30 are thought to have been seriously injured.
A gunman opened fire from a rooftop using a high-powered rifle which was recovered at the scene.
It has renewed calls across the US for an end to gun violence.
"Senseless gun violence is a national epidemic and has no place anywhere so we must keep fighting to end it," says Chicago Police Superintendent David O. Brown in a tweet.
Senseless gun violence is a national epidemic and has no place anywhere so we must keep fighting to end it. The Chicago Police Department will be there for whatever the City of Highland Park needs.
— Chicago Police Superintendent David O. Brown (@ChiefDavidBrown) July 4, 2022
"A day dedicated to freedom has put into stark relief the one freedom we as a nation refuse to uphold," Illinois governor Jay Robert Pritzker.
"[That is] the freedom of our fellow citizens to live without the daily fear of gun violence."
