Hearing his wife's screams, Shawn Cotreau turned around and saw the man wearing a wild fighting fire on the crowd of marching in Highland Park.

Shawn Cotreau, 47, who and his wife and three children came to Highland Park in Illinois of the US to meet his parents -in -law, his family thought that there was a firecracker near the parade area.

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My wife looked up and shouted, 'Stand up, run away'.

Highland Park officials announced that at least 6 deaths and 31 injured in the shootings were aimed at the National Day of National Day on July 4.

Police escorted people often leaving the scene of the shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, USA on July 4.

I could not remove his image from my head, Cotreau said and described this person to carry a large gun, wearing wild costumes and wearing hoods.

Cotreau said the shooting occurred when the National Day parade was not to the square, so the culprit was hit by those who were waiting around the intersection.

The Cotreau family ran to a building and nestled on the wall to escape the sight of the gunman.

Diego Rosas, working at a grocery store near the parade route, heard about 30 gunfire and many people ran into the store.

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Another witness is Lisa Schulkin in the parking lot with a few friends when the shooting takes place.

Miles Zaremski, 73, at the place where the shooting occurred about a row of houses, also said that he initially thought that gunfire was the sound of fireworks or fireworks.

Cotreau family is very shocked.

Zaremski, who lived in Highland Park for decades, has never witnessed this violent scene in life.

Highland Park police determined that Robert Crimo was the suspect in the shooting that killed 6 people and caught this person after a pursuit.

Many gunshots during the parade in Highland Park in Illinois, causing hundreds of people to escape.