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Suspect in US Independence Day mass shooting pleads not guilty

Robert E Crimo III was shackled at the waist and wore a blue jail jumpsuit during the brief hearing [Nam Y Huh/ Pool via AP]

The man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more in a shooting in the United States during an Independence Day parade has pleaded not guilty

Robert E Crimo III appeared for a brief hearing Wednesday in Lake County’s circuit court to enter a formal plea to the charges — 21 counts of first-degree murder, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery representing those killed and wounded during the parade in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago.

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