Highland Park, Illinois businesses are beginning to reopen as the community turns from shock to grief after 7 were killed in a July 4 parade shooting.
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. -- Hundreds of people came to a candlelight vigil honoring the victims of the Highland Park parade shooting and to declare"Enough!" to mass shootings and gun violence.
State Rep. Bob Morgan and U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider were also in attendance, as angry and upset as the communities they represent.There were no Fourth of July sparkers here, but candlelight and a stretches of orange strips crisscrossing through the crowd. Orange has been adopted as the color of the anti-gun violence movement, most notably seen on Wear Orange Day, an annual observance honoring Hadiya Pendleton and the tens of thousands of people killed with guns ever year.
Business owners said it wasn't an easy decision -- the choice has been as much about keeping their businesses going as keeping themselves busy and distracted. An Israeli émigré, Borochov has lived in Highland Park for 37 years. Robert Crimo's family lives a block away from her. She closed Tuesday, but reopened Wednesday.
A bakery on Central Avenue is planning a fundraiser for Friday, where they hope to get children from the area involved.
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