HIGHLAND PARK (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Tight-knit members of the Highland Park community were running into each other along the town’s central business district on Sunday.
They hugged each other. Some carried flowers. Some were seeing each other for the first time since a deadly mass shooting occurred at this site on the Fourth of July.
After authorities removed the crime scene tape that had enveloped this two-by-three-block area for nearly one week, the Highland Park community came out.
Cars in a continuous stream drove slowly through the site. The sidewalks saw a great deal of foot traffic. Strollers were pushed along while birds sang and children rode bikes.
Many of the small businesses on Central Avenue were open. The district had a good amount of patronage as families, couples, and pedestrians of all ages made their way through the plaza where — nearby upon a tall flagpole — a large American flag at half-mast still waved.
Amid the smiles and intermittent laughter, the overheard conversations still did not stray far from events that took place during the town’s parade on July 4.
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