Shooting in a wealthy exurb of Chicago, about halfway to Milwaukee. Fourth of July parade.
And judging by the details, there's a couple of real problems with this guy:
1) It's clear he's in league with SOMEBODY. Some of his social media posts have a symbol not unakin to a Nazi-allied group in Sweden.
2) His use of social media is an indication that he probably was willing to enact a call to arms. Against exactly who is another question. The target he chose was completely non-sensical for someone of his political want, some of the rumored conduct surrounding the shooting COULD be taken as a representative call to eliminate certain demographics of "others"...
3) About the only thing I think which can make sense is his use of social media, and a lot of what he said thereon, indicates he's another of those absolute no-hope incels on the Right who actually accomplish more as mass murderers than anything else they ever could've done -- and that's independent of whether the media gives his name or anything else. The act, in and of it's own merit, is sufficient.
And we're seeing more and more of these people effectively broadcasting the actual ACTIONS of a threat situation on social media -- not caring (nor, almost certainly, in a position to care) of what happens afterward.
It's clear this was a carefully planned terrorist attack. It's clear this guy had apparent ties to the MAGA/Trump movement. It's clear, at least to me, he wanted to start something far larger.
But why a White suburb Fourth of July parade?
EDIT TO ADD: Thanks to my anonymous friend, we have more information:
- White rapper.
- Kid's dad ran for mayor of Highland Park in 2019, lost to a gun-control Democrat. (Which might explain the target.)
- Dad was retweeting pro-2A after Uvalde (which might explain the "desired result" concept of a shooting like this).
- Appears to be another of those who was trying to provoke a shooting war on drag queens, as he impersonated one in the attack.
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