Community Corner
Priest Led Crowd To Shelter At Immaculate Conception Catholic Church After Highland Park Parade Massacre
"I turned toward my parishioners and I started just telling them: 'Run! Run! Run!'"
HIGHLAND PARK, IL — Church is often called a sanctuary – in the sense of a place of worship.
But for paradegoers the day of the July 4th massacre in Highland Park, one Roman Catholic church was a shelter from the chaos.
CBS 2's Jermont Terry talked with a local priest who ushered dozens of people into his house. When people ran from the parade route, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at 770 Deerfield Rd. was where so many hid – including two young children who were covered in blood after they witnessed their father get shot.
