(6 Jul 2022) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4387325 US NETWORK POOL via ABC NEWS VIDEOSOURCE - STRICTLY NO ARCHIVE RESALE/AUTHORIZED RE-USE BY APS BROADCAST AND DIGITAL OUTPUT ONLY Highland Park, Illinois - 5 July 2022 1. US Vice President Kamla Harris walking with husband Doug Emhoff 2. Various of US Vice President Kamla Harris meeting officials and greeting law enforcement officers 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamala Harris, US Vice President: "I bring you condolences from President Joe Biden and from our country. So sorry for what you all experienced. And the pain, the suffering. This should never have happened. We talk about it being senseless. It is senseless. It is absolutely senseless." 4. Various of Harris meeting officials 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamala Harris, US Vice President: "This person will be brought to justice, but it's not going to undo what happened. And we we're here for you and we stand with you. And of course, as we always say, because it is true, our prayers are with you. The president and I and our administration have put all of the resources and will continue to put all the resources that the mayor and the chief and others need in terms of the federal assistance. So the FBI and the ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms personnel) are here." 6. Harris meeting officials in Highland Park 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kamala Harris, US Vice President: "We've got to be smarter as a country in terms of who has access to what. And in particular, assault weapons and we've got to take this stuff seriously, as seriously as you are, because you have been forced to have to take it seriously. The whole nation should understand and have a level of empathy to understand that this can happen anywhere in any peace loving community and we should stand together and speak out about why it's got to stop." 8. Harris meeting officials STORYLINE: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the city of Highland Park on Tuesday, a day after a gunman opened fire at a Fourth of July Parade, killing seven and wounding dozens of others. Harris, traveling with her husband Doug Emhoff, met with Highland Park city leaders and first responders and addressed the community. "I bring you condolences from President Joe Biden and from our country. So sorry for what you all experienced. And the pain, the suffering," Harris said. This should never have happened. We talk about it being senseless. It is senseless. It is absolutely senseless." Before visiting Highland Park, Harris spoke to educators in Chicago, where she decried the July 4 mass shooting and renewed the call for an assault weapons ban. The man accused of opening fire at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago legally bought five weapons, including two high-powered rifles. Authorities said Tuesday that the purchases were allowed even though police were called to his home twice in 2019 for threats of violence and suicide. The suspect was charged with seven counts of murder. Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart promised that dozens more charges would be sought and that the man could receive a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole. The assailant sprayed more than 70 rounds from a rooftop into a crowd in Highland Park, an affluent community of about 30,000 on the Lake Michigan shore. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/eb52330337bd4216b202f092daf79898