Russian Embassy in Washington. File photoWASHINGTON, July 6 The Russian Embassy in the United States is checking data on the possible presence of Russian citizenship in one of those killed in a shooting in a suburb of Chicago, RIA Novosti was told in the Russian diplomatic mission in the United States. According to the latest information, victims of mass The shooting, which took place on July 4 during the Independence Day parade in the town of Highland Park, was seven people. Among the dead is a woman named Irina McCarthy, as well as her husband Kevin McCarthy.
"The Embassy is checking information about the possible presence of Irina McCarthy, who died during the mass execution of parade participants in Highland Park, Illinois, of Russian citizenship. We have not received notifications from American law enforcement agencies about the injured Russian citizens", the embassy told the agency.
The representative of the diplomatic mission stressed that Russian diplomats keep this issue «under control».
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