Title: A resolution expressing the condolences of the Senate and honoring the memory of the victims of the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4, 2022.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
This resolution expresses sincere condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of Katie Goldstein, Irina McCarthy, Kevin McCarthy, Stephen Strauss, Jacquelyn Sundheim, Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, and Eduardo Uvaldo, who were the victims of the tragic shooting along the parade route on July 4, 2022, in Highland Park, Illinois.
The resolution also honors the memory and the lives of the victims.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 711 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 711

Expressing the condolences of the Senate and honoring the memory of the 
 victims of the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland 
                    Park, Illinois, on July 4, 2022.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 2022

  Mr. Durbin (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the condolences of the Senate and honoring the memory of the 
 victims of the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland 
                    Park, Illinois, on July 4, 2022.

Whereas, on July 4, 2022, a gunman opened fire at the corner of Central Avenue 
        and Second Street in Highland Park, Illinois, during the annual Fourth 
        of July parade;
Whereas the gunman took the lives of 7 individuals and injured 46 more 
        individuals;
Whereas the 7 individuals who lost their lives that day were--

    (1) Katie Goldstein, age 64, of Highland Park, Illinois, a beloved wife 
and mother, who was known for her kind, caring personality, and for 
bringing neighbors delicious baked goods during the holidays;

    (2) Irina McCarthy, age 35, of Highland Park, Illinois, a wife and 
mother of 2-year-old Aiden, who met her husband Kevin through their mutual 
work in the pharmaceutical industry;

    (3) Kevin McCarthy, age 37, of Highland Park, Illinois, a husband and 
father of 2-year-old Aiden, who died protecting his son from gunfire;

    (4) Stephen Strauss, age 88, of Highland Park, Illinois, a brother, 
husband, father, and grandfather, who was a joke-teller and avid reader and 
greatly enjoyed the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Symphony 
Orchestra;

    (5) Jacquelyn Sundheim, age 63, of Highland Park, Illinois, a kind and 
caring wife and mother, who was a lifelong member of North Shore 
Congregation Israel in Glencoe, where she also taught preschool and served 
as the events coordinator;

    (6) Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, age 78, of Morelos, Mexico, who was 
attending the parade with his children, grandchildren, and great-
grandchildren; and

    (7) Eduardo Uvaldo, age 69, of Waukegan, Illinois, who was a devoted 
husband, father, and grandfather;

Whereas dozens of individuals were wounded by gunfire or injured fleeing the 
        scene of the mass shooting;
Whereas the Highland Park Police Department and the Highland Park Fire 
        Department led dozens of agencies in responding to the shooting with 
        bravery and professionalism, including the Illinois State Police, the 
        Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Federal Bureau 
        of Investigation, the United States Secret Service, the United States 
        Marshals Service, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the Lake 
        County Major Crimes Task Force, the Chicago Police Department, the Lake 
        County Sheriff's Office, the Cook County Sheriff's Office, the Northwest 
        Central Dispatch System, the Regional Emergency Dispatch Center (RED 
        Center), the Glenview Public Safety Dispatch Center, the Highland Park 
        Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), the Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire 
        Protection District, the Northbrook Fire Department, the Winnetka Fire 
        Department, the Northfield Fire Department, the Buffalo Grove Fire 
        Department, the Prospect Heights Fire Department, the Libertyville Fire 
        Department, the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District, the 
        Evanston Fire Department, the Glenview Fire Department, the Lake Bluff 
        Fire Department, the Skokie Fire Department, the Wilmette Fire 
        Department, the Des Plaines Fire Department, Glencoe Public Safety, the 
        Lake Forest Fire Department, the Morton Grove Fire Department, the Park 
        Ridge Fire Department, the Waukegan Fire Department, the Niles Fire 
        Department, the Addison Fire Protection District, the Streamwood Fire 
        Department, the Hanover Park Fire Department, and the police departments 
        of Addison, Antioch, Arlington Heights, Bannockburn, Barrington, 
        Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Berwyn, Buffalo Grove, Carpentersville, 
        Cary, Crystal Lake, Deerfield, Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Elmhurst, 
        Evanston, Fox Lake, Franklin Park, Glencoe, Glenview, Grayslake, Gurnee, 
        Hanover Park, Harwood Heights, Hoffman Estates, Inverness, Kenilworth, 
        Kildeer, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Lake Villa, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, 
        Lincolnshire, Lincolnwood, McHenry, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, 
        Mundelein, Niles, Norridge, North Chicago, North Riverside, Northbrook, 
        Northfield, Palatine, Prospect Heights, Riverwoods, Rolling Meadows, 
        Rosemont, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake Park, Schiller Park, 
        Skokie, Streamwood, Vernon Hills, Wauconda, Waukegan, Western Springs, 
        Wheeling, Wilmette, Winnetka, Winthrop Harbor, and Zion;
Whereas the emergency responders and the doctors, nurses, and other health care 
        providers at Highland Park Hospital, Glenbrook Hospital, Evanston 
        Hospital, Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, Advocate Lutheran 
        General Hospital, and University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's 
        Hospital provided professional and dedicated care to the victims;
Whereas dozens of volunteer counselors have traveled to North Shore School 
        District 112 and Township High School District 113 to assist the 
        community in beginning the process of healing, having already met with 
        several thousand community members in need of counseling;
Whereas members of the Highland Park, Highwood, Waukegan, and North Chicago 
        communities, along with communities across the entire North Shore, the 
        State of Illinois, the United States, and the world have come together 
        to support the victims of this horrific massacre and their families;
Whereas, according to the Gun Violence Archive, the horrific mass shooting that 
        occurred in Highland Park was 1 of 10 mass shootings that occurred on 
        July 4, 2022; and
Whereas senseless gun violence has caused devastation, trauma, and grief to too 
        many families and communities across the United States: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) expresses sincere condolences to the families, friends, 
        and loved ones of Katie Goldstein, Irina McCarthy, Kevin 
        McCarthy, Stephen Strauss, Jacquelyn Sundheim, Nicolas Toledo-
        Zaragoza, and Eduardo Uvaldo, the victims of the tragic 
        shooting along the parade route on July 4, 2022, in Highland 
        Park, Illinois;
            (2) honors the lives and memory of the victims, with 
        gratitude for their selfless dedication to others;
            (3) extends support to the individuals who were injured and 
        subjected to the trauma of the shooting;
            (4) expresses gratitude to the law enforcement officers, 
        medical personnel, and emergency responders who responded to 
        the shooting with professionalism, dedication, and bravery; and
            (5) stands in solidarity with the victims of senseless gun 
        violence in communities across the United States.
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