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Robert “Bobby” E. Cremo III was charged with murder on Tuesday after firing 70 rounds at a 4th of July parade Highland Park, Illinois, Seven people died, officials said.
The Illinois State Attorney’s Office announced seven first-degree murder charges, one for each victim.
Robert E. Cremo, 21, has been identified as an individual of interest in the July 4 parade attack in Highland Park, Illinois.
(Highland Park Police Department)
The office said the 21-year-old suspect faces a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole if convicted.
The Lake County coroner’s office has identified the six victims as Katherine Goldstein, 64, Irina McCarthy, 35, Kevin McCarthy, 37, Jacqueline Sundim, 63, and Stephen Strauss, 88, at Highland Park; and Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, 78, of Morelos, Mexico.
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The seventh victim is yet to be identified.
Higher fees are expected as Lake County state attorney Eric Rinehart promises his office will ask for more Dozens of additional offenses.
People attach strips of cloth with names and phrases remembering victims near the scene of a mass shooting on July 4, 2022, in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 5, 2022.
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The charges were announced as more information emerged about the suspect’s troubled history.
On Tuesday, Illinois State Police said they flagged the suspect as a “clear and present danger” following an altercation between the suspect and his family members in 2019.
Illinois police said the suspect threatened members of his family, but the members did not file a legal complaint to prevent law enforcement officers from taking action.
The Illinois State Police said in a statement posted on Twitter by a governor, “In September 2019, the ISP received a clear and present threat report on the subject from the Highland Park Police Department. The report stemmed from threats made against his family.” was related.” Office staff member.
Members of the FBI’s evidence response team remove personal belongings a day after a mass shooting in Highland Park, Ill., Tuesday, July 5, 2022.
(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
The ISP’s statement said family members “did not provide information about threats or mental health, which would have allowed law enforcement to take additional action.”
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Police said the family did not even file a firearms restraining order or protection order.
Any of these documents must have been seen during the criminal background check.
Brooke and Matt Strauss, who were married on Sunday, stop after leaving their wedding bouquets in downtown Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb, near the scene of Monday’s mass shooting, Tuesday, July 5, 2022.
(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Less than a year later, in June 2020, the suspect cleared a background check to purchase a firearm. Illinois State Police Said The suspect eventually cleared state-required background checks for firearms purchases on at least four separate occasions between 2020 and 2021.
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The Lake County Major Crime Task Force said the suspect brought five weapons to the parade but attacked with a high-powered rifle “similar to an AR-15.”
Fox News’ Louis Cassiano and The Associated Press contributed to this report.