Suspect in US parade shooting charged with 7 counts of murder

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The man accused of opening fire on a July Fourth parade near Chicago was charged on Tuesday with seven counts of murder, as police revealed they had reported him as posing a 'clear and present danger' after alleged threats to his family in 2019.

A still image from surveillance footage show a person who police believe to be Robert E. Crimo III, a person of interest in the mass shooting that took place at a Fourth of July parade route in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. dressed in women's clothing on July 4, 2022.

They said he fired more than 70 rounds at random into the crowd watching Monday's parade, and that he was dressed in women's clothes to help conceal his identity and blend in with the panic-stricken crowd as he fled. Among those killed in Monday's attack were Nicholas Toledo, a grandfather from Mexico in his 70s celebrating with his family among the flag-waving crowds, and Jacki Sundheim, a teacher at a nearby synagogue.

"This tragedy should have never arrived at our doorsteps," she told NBC News."As a small town, everybody knows somebody who was affected by this directly and, of course, we are all still reeling." Congress last month passed its first major federal gun reform in three decades, providing federal funding to states that administer"red flag" laws.

 

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They knew he was a threat, yet they didn't give him the mental help he clearly needed. Ok... 🤔🙄

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