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Duke Coach Jon Scheyer Speaks Out After Shooting Near Hometown

Editor’s note: This story contains details of a mass casualty event and gun violence.

Duke men’s basketball coach Jon Scheyer became the latest to issue a statement following a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill.

A native of Northbrook, Ill., just a few miles away away from Highland Park, Scheyer wrote on social media that he was “heartbroken” to hear of the tragedy near his hometown.

“My heart is with the people of Highland Park, IL—a town just minutes from where I grew up,” he wrote.