this stopped by him Deadly shooting on the 4th of July In the American town of Highland Park on the outskirts of Chicago, he confessed to being guilty, and police said in a statement Wednesday: was “seriously” considering a second attack.
Lake County (Illinois) prosecutor Eric Rinehart told reporters that during his interrogation, 21-year-old Robert Crimo “acknowledged what he did”. young man faces seven first-degree murders, one for each victim fatal, which can give you in the state of Illinois life imprisonment No chance of parole.
Christopher Covelli, Deputy Director of the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, said that Crimo intends to use the weapon he had in the vehicle he fled to make a second attack., this time in the Madison area, the capital of the state of Wisconsin. until then still about 60 rounds left. Police have no record of deliberately driving to Madison after the initial attack and believe he was in the area, fleeing the scene, and was considering attacking again when he saw a new Independence Day celebration there.
this investigation is still open and at this time authorities have not decided on his motives, but new charges are expected against him for attempted murder. There were thirty wounded in total.
As reported on Tuesday, Crimo had encountered Highland Park police twice before: a suicide attempt in April 2019 and an incident in November of the same year, when a family member alerted authorities. he had a few knives and “he was going to kill them all”.
Source: Informacion
