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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revealed this week that the man accused of murdering seven people at a July Fourth parade in Illinois wanted her jailed for an alleged role in the Jan. 6 attacks.

During an interview with OAN, Greene said that Democrats wanted to paint mass shooters as conservatives.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) argued this week that a mass shooting at a July Fourth parade in Illinois was "designed" to ruin "MAGA month" and convince Republicans to support gun control.

During her MTG Live broadcast on Tuesday, Greene suggested that the shooting was a false flag event staged by anti-gun forces.

On Twitter Sunday afternoon in the aftermath of the July 4th Highland Park mass shooting a photo of a young boy appeared in several tweets. He was described as lost, good samaritans assumed he had become separated from his parents in the mayhem of the massacre, and people were trying to reunite him with his family.

CBS Chicago reporter Marissa Parra now reveals the boy's name is Aiden, but he won't be reunited with his parents: both were shot dead by the Highland Park gunman.

After the Highland Park mass shooting, Americans are once again asking how the alleged shooter was able to fly under the radar while posting videos of mass shootings or school shootings.

Speaking on the MSNBC panel Tuesday, former FBI investigator Peter Strzok explained how all of the details that should foretell a mass shooter ultimately end up flying below the radar.

The 21-year-old man suspected of being the shooter in Monday's Highland Park, Illinois massacre planned the attack for weeks, purchased his weapons legally, disguised himself by wearing women's attire to "conceal his facial tattoos and his identity," and to "help him during the escape." He then walked to his mother's house after the shooting, police said in a Tuesday press conference.

Six people died and over thirty others were wounded.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman on Tuesday voiced support for a federal ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines following multiple shootings over the long holiday weekend, including one that left six dead and dozens wounded in a Chicago suburb.

"Gisele and I are heartbroken for the victims of these shootings and their families," Fetterman said in a statement. "We wish both law enforcement officers who were injured in the Philadelphia shooting a safe and quick recovery."

Fox News host Harris Faulkner declined to correct Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) after she suggested that Joe Biden might not be the president of the United States.

Faulkner kicked off a Tuesday segment by slamming Biden for making a "gaffe" as he spoke about a recent mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. Biden said that authorities had not released the name of the alleged shooter but a person of interest had been named by the time he spoke.

Newsmax pundit Betsy Brantner Smith suggested that anger about the loss of abortion rights had triggered an alleged Illinois mass shooter who was a fan of former President Donald Trump.

Police identified Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III as a person of interest in the Highland Park shooting that left 6 people dead. According to reports, Crimo was caught on video attending a rally with former President Donald Trump. He was also seen draped in a Trump flag.

Conservative pundits suggested this week that liberal policies were to blame for a recent mass shooting in Highland Park, where the police department had an $8 million increase in funding in 2022.

Following the mass shooting that left six people dead, conservative outlets like Newsmax and Fox News blamed the crime on liberal policies.

The right-wing extremist website Breitbart.com covered Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s angry response to the mass murder at a July 4th parade today that left six dead and 19 wounded in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.

It began with straight news coverage of Pritzker’s remarks.

More videos are being posted on social media showing a chaotic and frightening scene at a Highland Park Independence Day parade. While most were fleeing the scene, Dr. David Baum was running toward those falling.

In an interview with the Daily Beast and ABC7 Chicago, Dr. Baum said he was with his family about 200 feet from the casualties as the parade marched by.

Kristen Carlson and her family were late to the Highland Park parade on Independence Day. Once they got to the parade a mass of people started racing toward them, screaming that shots had been fired.

"I'm in my mother's house in Highland Park, in the 200 block of Highland, and I think the shooting was around in the 600 block, so it's just a few blocks away and we're sheltering in place in my mom's house," said Carlson.

According to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times, shots were fired and multiple bystanders were hit at a July 4th parade in upscale Highland Park, Illinois.

The report states that all activities for the holiday in the area have been curtailed for the day.