Robert Crimo III indicted on 117 counts in deadly Highland Park parade shooting, prosecutors say

CHICAGO (WLS) — The person accused within the July 4 Highland Park parade taking pictures has been indicted by a grand jury on 117 counts, the Lake County (IL) State’s Lawyer’s Workplace introduced Wednesday.

Robert Crimo III is charged with 21 counts of first-degree homicide – three counts for every of the victims killed. He has additionally been charged with 48 further counts of tried homicide and 48 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm for every sufferer who was struck by a bullet, bullet fragment or shrapnel, officers mentioned.

The Independence Day horror with an assault rifle did not take lengthy, however the injury was overwhelming.

Seven individuals had been killed and greater than 30 others had been injured, together with an 8-year-old boy who’s paralyzed from the waist down.

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Investigators have informed the I-Workforce that Crimo squeezed off 83 photographs in the course of the rooftop ambush, fired with an AR-style rifle that he allegedly reloaded twice with 30-round magazines.

“I wish to thank legislation enforcement and the prosecutors who introduced proof to the grand jury right this moment. Our investigation continues, and our sufferer specialists are working across the clock to help all these affected by this crime that led to 117 felony counts being filed right this moment,” State’s Lawyer Eric Rinehart mentioned in an announcement.

Crimo was to seem in Lake County court docket Thursday however that listening to that has now been canceled due to the superseding indictment. He’s now scheduled for arraignment on the brand new expenses on August 3 at 11 a.m.

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Crimo is in custody and has been because the afternoon of July 4 when he was curbed in his automobile after a whole bunch of police carried out a manhunt for the accused shooter.

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Sometimes, grand jury expenses are straight legalese and it additionally is just not uncommon for somebody charged in a serious violent crime to face 100 or extra counts as authorities pile on each potential charge-for every sufferer.