(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The man accused of opening fire with a rifle from a rooftop onto
a crowd of people watching a July Fourth parade near Chicago,
turning the holiday celebration into another national tragedy, was
charged on Tuesday with seven counts of first-degree murder,
Trend reports citing
Reuters .
The man accused of opening fire with a rifle from a rooftop onto
a crowd of people watching a July Fourth parade near Chicago,
turning the holiday celebration into another national tragedy, was
charged on Tuesday with seven counts of first-degree murder.
If convicted, the suspect, 21-year-old Robert E. Crimo III,
would face a maximum sentence of life in prison without the
possibility of parole, Illinois states attorney Eric Reinhart said
in announcing the charges at a news conference.
The prosecutor said the first-degree murder charges were to be
followed by dozens of additional charges before the investigation
is over, and that he would ask that Crimo remain held in custody
without bail at the suspect's first court appearance on
Wednesday.
Authorities said Crimo had planned the attack for weeks and had
come to authorities' attention at least twice before on reports
that he threatened suicide or harm to others, local officials said
on Tuesday.
Authorities said the suspect fired more than 70 rounds from a
rooftop at random onto people watching Monday's parade in Highland
Park, Illinois, and then made his getaway dressed in a disguise to
blend in with the panic-stricken crowd, authorities said on
Tuesday.
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