CBS Chicago: Doctor who treated pediatric Highland Park shooting patients goes to Washington to call for assault weapons ban

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (CBS) -- A suburban emergency room physician who treated the youngest victims wounded in the Highland Park July 4th parade massacre was one of about 60 physicians from around the country in Washington, D.C. Tuesday advocating for a federal assault rifle ban.

CBS 2's Charlie De Mar spoke Tuesday with Dr. Sheena McKenzie.

"It's a trauma that sits with me every day," Dr. McKenzie said. "There's something that happens every single day that reminds me of that day; that reminds me of the patients."

Dr. McKenzie is now trying to turn her trauma into change. 

"I treated the pediatric victims from the July 4th shooting in Highland Park," she said.

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