The attack of Robert Crimo, 21, had been groomed “for weeks”, police said. He could spend the rest of his life in prison.
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He fired more than 70 times, killing seven and wounding at least 35. The young man accused of opening fire during US National Day celebrations in Highland Park near Chicago has been charged with seven murders and could spend the rest of his life in prison, authorities announced on Tuesday (July 5). .
Prepared “during weeks”the attack on 21-year-old Robert Crimo was carried out with a “powerful rifle similar to an AR-15” to likely fire at random on the crowd attending the July 4 parade from the top of a business roof, said Christopher Covelli, a police official.
He is silent “dressed as a woman” to conceal his identity and may have worn a wig of long hair to hide his face tattoos, he continued, adding that he then dropped his gun and blended into the mass of fleeing people.
US Vice President Kamala Harris visited the site on Tuesday evening. Among those who died are a couple, Irina and Kevin McCarthy, whose two-year-old son, Aiden, had been brought to safety by locals.