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Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III was charged with murder Tuesday after firing 70 rounds into a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, killing seven people, authorities said.
The Illinois State Attorney’s Office announced the seven first-degree murder charges, one for each victim.
Robert E. Crimo, 21, has been identified as a person of interest in the July 4th parade attack in Highland Park, Illinois.
(Highland Park Police Department)
The office said the suspect, 21, faces a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole if he is convicted.
Six victims have been identified by the Lake County Coroner’s Office as Katherine Goldstein, 64, Irina McCarthy, 35, Kevin McCarthy, 37, Jacquelyn Sundheim, 63, and Stephen Straus, 88, all of Highland Park; and Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza of Morelos, Mexico, 78.
HIGHLAND PARK FOURTH OF JULY PARADE SHOOTING VICTIMS IDENTIFIED: WHO WERE THEY?
A seventh victim has not yet been identified.
More charges are expected as Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart has promised his office will seek more for dozens of additional crimes.
People add strips of cloth with names and phrases memorializing the victims at a vigil near the scene of a mass shooting yesterday at a Fourth of July parade, on July 5, 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois.
(Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
The charges were announced as more information concerning the suspect’s troubled history has been revealed.
POLICE FLAGGED HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTER ‘CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER’ IN 2019; HE LATER CLEARED 4 BACKGROUND CHECKS
On Tuesday, the Illinois State Police said they flagged the suspect as a “clear and present danger” following an altercation between the suspect and members of his family in 2019.
Illinois police said the suspect threatened members of his family, but the members did not file a legal complaint preventing law enforcement officers from taking action.
“In September 2019, ISP received a Clear…
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