Joe Biden decries gun violence amid shootings in several US states across the long weekend

On 4 July last year, a gunman opened fire at the annual Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, killing seven people and wounding more than 30. One year later, the Chicago suburb commemorated the massacre with a ceremony, as well as some Fourth of July celebration events free of fireworks, the New York Times reports:

There were no marching bands this year. No floats. No church groups tossing snacks to spectators. No American flags lining the sidewalks.

Instead, there were prayers. There were tears. And there was a somber stroll down Central Avenue, a collective effort to take back a parade route that was stolen in a storm of bullets.

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Source: The Guardian