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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mitch Dudek

Alleged Highland Park gunman charged with 7 counts of murder

Flag hangs at half-mast as Highland Park Police Chief Louis Jogmen and Mayor Nancy Rotering look on while Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli, of the Lake County sheriff�s office and the Lake County major crimes task force, speaks to the media during a news conference outside the Highland Park Police Department, one day after a gunman killed six people and wounded dozens more by firing a high-powered rifle from a rooftop onto a crowd attending Highland Park�s Fourth of July parade, Tuesday morning, July 5, 2022. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

A seventh person died Tuesday of injuries sustained during a mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade, as prosecutors announced the alleged gunman will face seven counts of first-degree murder with “dozens” more criminal charges soon to follow, authorities said Tuesday.

At a news conference Tuesday staged just west of the shooting scene in the affluent suburb’s downtown, Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart announced charges against 21-year-old Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, who on Monday allegedly opened fire on parade-goers lining the streets in a “premeditated, calculated” attack.

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