“It is devastating that a celebration of America was ripped apart by our uniquely American plague,” said J.B. Pritzker, democrat governor of Illinois, at a press conference following the mass shooting at the Independence Day parade in Highland Park on Monday.

Here are some images, taken in the aftermath of the shooting, as people dispersed and the police investigation intensified.

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A Reform synagogue in Chicago's northern suburbs is mourning the loss of staff member Jacki Sundeim, who was killed in yesterday's shooting.

She is one of the two victims named so far.

"There are no words sufficient to express the depth of our grief for Jacki’s death and sympathy for her family and loved ones," wrote the North Shore Congregation Israel on their website.

Jacki was a lifelong congregant of the synagogue and had been a "cherished" member of its staff for decades.

"Jacki’s work, kindness and warmth touched us all, from her early days teaching at the Gates of Learning Preschool to guiding innumerable among us through life’s moments of joy and sorrow," the synagogue wrote.

Highland Park is home to a large Jewish population.

Highland Park is a suburban city in Illinois, about 25 miles (40km) north of central Chicago.

It sits on the shores of Lake Michigan, and is home to a population of about 30,000.

It's a quiet and affluent suburb of Chicago, and a stronghold of the Democratic Party.

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Robert Crimo, 21, was identified as a "person of interest" within hours of the shooting in the affluent Illinois city of Highland Park.

A gunman used a high-powered rifle and fired from a rooftop into the holiday crowd as they gathered to watch the annual Fourth of July parade on Monday morning, around 10am local time.

It was described by a police spokesman as "very random, very intentional".

With the area in lockdown, Crimo became the target of a massive manhunt. Police warned that he was armed and "very dangerous"

During the early evening, a police officer pulled over Crimo, who was driving about five miles north of the shooting scene, several hours after police released his photo and an image of his car.

After a brief car chase, the suspect was arrested and taken into custody "without incident", Highland Park police chief Lou Jogmen told reporters.

At least 24 people were injured in the shooting during the Independence Day parade in Highland Park.

Dr Brigham Temple, of Highland Park Hospital, where most of the victims went, said it had taken 25 people with gunshot wounds.

He said the injured were aged between eight and 85, with "four or five children" among them.

Dr Temple said 19 of them were treated and discharged, others were transferred - and two remained at the hospital "in a stable condition".

Other injured people were taken to other hospitals, with people sustaining injuries in the rush to leave, as well as gunshot wounds, emergency services spokespeople said on Monday.

Five adults were killed at the scene, as well as a further victim who the local coroner said died in a nearby hospital.

One of those who died has been named as Nicolas Toledo, a man in his late 70s, who came from Mexico to visit his family and had been with them for a few weeks.

"My grandfather Nicolas Toledo, father of eight and grandfather to many, left us this morning July 4th, what was supposed to be a fun family day turned into a horrific nightmare for us all," his granddaughter, Xochil Toledo, said on a page set up to raise money to send his body back to his native Mexico.

"Not only was Nicolas a loving man, creative, adventurous and funny. As a family we are broken, and numb," she said.

Another person killed in the shooting was Jacki Sundheim, a teacher at a Highland Park synagogue. The North Shore Congregation Israel confirmed her death in a message to congregants, external.

The synagogue said she was survived by her husband and daughter, Reuters news agency reports.

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We're restarting our live coverage, looking at the aftermath of the mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, near Chicago.

Here’s what we know so far:

• Six people were killed on Monday when a gunman opened fire around 10:15 local time (15:15 GMT) at a holiday parade to mark the Fourth of July national celebration
• Two victims have been identified: Nicolas Toledo, from Mexico, and Jacki Sundheim, who worked at the local synagogue
• A gunman fired at members of the public from the rooftop of a nearby shop, where police later recovered "evidence of a firearm"
• At least 24 people were injured, some critically
• With the parade abandoned and the gunman on the loose, local people were told to take shelter as the area was cordoned off and police embarked on a manhunt
• A 21-year-old man, named Robert E Crimo III, was arrested overnight. No charges have been filed against him and there is no indication of any motive
• Social media firms suspended accounts apparently belonging to Mr Crimo
• It is the latest mass shooting to hit the US. Just over a month ago 19 children and two teachers were shot at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas
• President Biden vowed to keep fighting "the epidemic of gun violence" in the country, while Illinois’ democratic governor warned that mass shootings were becoming an "American plague"

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With that latest development, we are bringing our live coverage to an end.

• Six people have been killed and at least 24 people injured in a shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, near Chicago, Illinois
• The shooting began just after 10:00 local time (15:00 GMT) - approximately 10 minutes after the parade began
• Families who had gathered for the annual day of celebrations fled in panic as a series of rapid shots rang out. Police said "a high-powered rifle" was used
• A "person of interest" - named as Robert E Crimo III, aged 22 - was arrested after a brief chase, police said several hours later

• The deadly incident follows recent mass shootings at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas and a supermarket in Buffalo, New York state
• President Joe Biden said he was shocked by the shooting, vowing to keep fighting gun violence

We are pausing our live coverage of the shooting here, but you can read more in our full story.

Updates were brought to you by Marianna Brady, Malu Cursino, Victoria Lindrea, Heather Sharp, Yaroslav Lukov, and edited by Claire Heald and Thomas Poole.

The arrest follows an hours-long manhunt. Police are still describing the man in custody, Robert E Crimo III, as a "person of interest" - but believe he was the gunman.

"This individual is believed to have been responsible for what happened," Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Chris Covelli said on Monday night.

Police have arrested the "person of interest" in the Illinois shooting.

Robert E Crimo III was detained after a brief chase, US media report.

Illinois Governor Jay Robert Pritzker has warned that mass shootings have now become a “weekly American tradition”.

"There are going to be people who are going to say that today is not the day, that now is not the time to talk about guns. I’m telling you there is no better day and no better time then right here and right now," he said at a news briefing.

"Our founders carried muskets - not assault weapons,” the Democratic governor stressed, adding that none of them would have said "you have a constitutional right to an assault weapon with a high-capacity magazine".

"Yes, I’m angry, we as a nation deserve better," Pritzker says.

As we've been reporting, police have identified a person of interest as 22-year-old Robert E Crimo III. They've released this photo of him.

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Here's the full quote from Highland Park Chief of Police Lou Jogmen naming a person of interest.

Police have identified a "person of interest" in the shooting.

He has been named as Robert E Crimo III, aged 22.

The police say he is considered armed and dangerous.

US President Joe Biden is speaking outside the White House following the Independence Day parade shooting.

He says the Fourth of July itself comes at a critical moment, when there can be "reason to think this country is moving backwards".

"I know it can be exhausting and unsettling, but we're going to get through all of this," Biden adds

US Congress passed a gun control bill - the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years - in June.

In light of today's mass shooting, the US president says: "There's nothing guaranteed about our democracy, nothing guaranteed by our way of life."

But, in an optimistic tone, he adds a "call for America to move forward boldly and unafraid".

People who were at the parade tell of how they tried to protect their children, and how they tried to flee.

While it's a sombre scene here, it's also a tense one.

We've learned that the gunman, who is still on the loose, came around the back alley during the middle of the Fourth of July parade.

Police have said the suspect climbed an unsecured ladder, in the back of an alley, and onto the rooftop of a camping store.

They then shot at the crowd from above.

Monday's shooting happened in the state of Illinois. And its governor JB Pritzker has asked the community "to pray for the families who have been devastated by the evil unleashed this morning".

In a letter posted on Twitter, he wrote there were "no words for the kind of monster who lies in wait and fires into a crowd of families".

But, he added, "grief would not bring the victims back".

"I will stand firm with Illinoisans and Americans: we must - and we will - end this plague of gun violence."

Commander Chris O'Neill, from Highland Park police department, has urged people in the "active crime scene" to continue sheltering, given the shooting earlier today.

The suspect has not been found by police.

O'Neill said the area that remains "an active crime scene" spans from "Green Bay Road to Laurel Avenue to St John's Avenue to Elm Place" in Highland Park.

He added that individuals outside of this area no longer need to shelter in place, but he says people must still remain vigilant.

Strollers, purses, lawn chairs.

The remnants of panic remain in the items left discarded on the street as people ran from the scene of a deadly parade shooting.

This is still an active crime scene and the shooter is at large - so it’s sombre but tense.

The police I spoke to were called in this morning from other jurisdictions and have been here for five hours.

One man I spoke to fitted the shooter's description - white, early 20s, long black hair - and had just been questioned by police.

The rest of the suburbs on the north shore (of Lake Michigan, north of Chicago) have cancelled parades and fireworks and closed beaches.

What is typically the best day of the year in Chicago has quickly turned into one of the most tragic imaginable.