Synagogue member, father among the dead in parade shooting
SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Synagogue member, father among the dead in parade shooting Brooke and Matt Strauss, who were married Sunday, pause after leaving their wedding bouquets in downtown Highland Park, Ill., near the scene of Monday's mass shooting Tuesday, July 5, 2022, in Highland Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) One person who died in the Independence Day parade shooting in suburban Chicago was an active member of a local Jewish congregation, who once taught preschool and coordinated bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies. ADVERTISEMENT Another was a beloved grandfather and father of eight who went to the parade for a “fun family day,” as his granddaughter put it. ADVERTISEMENT Portraits of the dead began to emerge Tuesday as investigators continued to search for evidence in the shooting that killed at least seven and wounded 30 in Highland Park, an af