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Police recovered 83 spent casings from the roof. He said Crimo confessed to standing on a roof above the parade route and took aim at people standing across the street, reloading his Smith & Wesson AR-15 rifle three times. Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart told the court that Crimo carried out a 'calculated and premeditated attack'.

He is expected to face a slew of other charges and is being held without bail. Robert Crimo, 21, appeared in Lake County court on Wednesday, after being charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. On July 6, the Cook County Medical Examiner's office revealed that the seventh victim, Uvaldo, died at Evanston Hospital around 8 a.m. The number of injured victims now stands at 46, ranging in age from 8 to 85 years old. The victims include Stephen Straus, 88 Katherine Goldstein, 64 Jacki Sundheim, 63 Nicholas Toledo Zaragoza, 78 Eduardo Uvaldo, 69, and husband and wife, Irina and Kevin McCarthy, 35 and 37. Seven people have died in the Highland Park Fourth of July massacre. He was not arrested and his family say cops gave the knives back two weeks later. Police confiscated 16 knives after that incident because Crimo had 'threatened to kill everyone'.

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It was revealed earlier that Crimo's father supported his application for a FOID card - the license needed to buy guns - in 2019 when he was 19 and just two months after an incident when police were called to the family home. Lake County Major Crime Task Force Deputy Chief Chris Covelli said after Crimo's court appearance earlier this month: 'His motivation isn't necessarily clear, I don't want to go into specifically what he told investigators, however he had some type of affinity towards the number 4 and 7, and inverse 7 and 4.' Police do not yet know exactly what the motive for the killing spree was, but they previously confirmed Crimo had a fixation on the numbers 47 - the inverse of 7/4, the date of July 4th. Twin brother Luke was also hospitalized with shrapnel wounds in his lower body but was discharged after doctors removed some of the debris, although they were unable to remove it all. 'At this time, the doctors do not believe that he suffered any brain damage or cognitive impact from the shooting,' Loizzi told CBS. 'It sounds (like) he'll have significant issues moving forward, especially with walking.'ĭue to the severity of his spinal cord injury, doctors have now confirmed that it is unlikely Cooper will ever walk again. 'It's going to be a new normal for him moving forward,' family spokesman Anthony Loizzi said in a statement earlier this month. His twin brother and mother were also wounded in the incident. The family of an eight-year-old boy have since confirmed their son was 'paralyzed from the waist down' and will likely never walk again after being shot during the Highland Park parade attack.Ĭooper Roberts' spinal cord was severed during the attack. Chairs and strollers were abandoned by attendees The aftermath of the scene in Highland Park after a shooter opened fire on the parade. In an interview following the fatal attack, Baum described seeing victims with 'wartime' and 'unspeakable' injuries. When the shots rang out and others fled, he ran into the fray to try to help the victims. David Baum, a long time obstetrician in Highland Park, was attending the parade with his wife and children to watch his two-year-old grandson participate.

The 21-year-old owned multiple weapons, including two rifles - one that was allegedly used in the attack and another that was found in his vehicle when he was arrested at 6.30pm the same night.Īmong the seven victims was also synagogue teacher Jacki Sundheim, a married mother, and grandfather Nicolas Toledo, 78.ĭr. It was later alleged that Crimo had dressed as a woman to carry out the deadly Independence Day attack and was able to flee in the crowd because of the disguise. He has now pleaded not guiltyĪmong those killed were Irina McCarthy, 35, and her husband Kevin McCarthy, 37, whose two-year-old orphaned son was pulled from underneath his father's body.Ĭrimo is accused of using a rifle 'similar to an AR-15' to spray more than 70 rounds from atop a commercial building into a crowd that had gathered for the parade in Highland Park, an affluent community of about 30,000 on the Lake Michigan shore, police said. Crimo, 21, was indicted on 117 counts, including first-degree murder for shooting seven people dead and injuring more than 40 earlier this year.

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