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Suspect in Illinois Fourth of July parade shooting charged with seven counts of first-degree murder
A shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, about 20 miles north of Chicago left at least seven people dead and 30 injured, police say. The suspected shooter had bought his gun legally and had “pre-planned the attack for weeks” before firing more than 70 rounds into the crowd from a roof, local authorities said in a press conference on Tuesday. He was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder, with “dozens of more charges” to follow, Eric Rinehart, the Lake County, Illinois State Attorney told reporters. Content warning: This timeline consists of live-updating Tweets which may include graphic images from this developing news story.
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Suspect in Illinois Fourth of July parade shooting charged with seven counts of first-degree murder

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It appears that the Highland Park shooting suspect has no ideological or political bent. Yet extremism researchers say these acts may actually be part of a troubling new trend. One that involves dark subcultures that glorify violence and foster nihilism.
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Why the Highland Park suspect represents a different kind of violent extremism
The Highland Park shooting suspect doesn't seem to be associated with a ideological or political bent. But extremism researchers say these kinds of acts may actually be part of a troubling new trend.
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Lake County state's attorney on whether the Highland Park shooting has exposed gaps in the state's gun laws: "The gap in the state's gun laws would be that we don't ban assault weapons, so yes." abcn.ws/3OPybrg
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The Illinois State Police confirmed that the father of the Highland Park parade shooting suspect sponsored his son’s application for a gun permit months after relatives reported that Robert E. Crimo III had threatened to “kill everyone.”
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Highland Park suspect’s father sponsored gun permit application, police say
Authorities said they had “insufficient basis” to deny the application, despite relatives reporting that Robert E. Crimo III had threatened to “kill everyone.”
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"This should never have happened." Vice President Kamala Harris visited the site of the shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. Her visit came a day after a gunman opened fire at a Fourth of July parade, killing seven and wounding dozens of others. apne.ws/apRHjjr
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"This isn't freedom," Highland Park Mayor Rotering says following parade shooting. "It was a glorious day until it wasn't, and it turned from a parade to a mass evacuation. Enough."
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"Congress needs to have the courage to act and renew the assault weapons ban," Vice President Harris said at a teachers convention in Chicago the day after a mass shooting in nearby Highland Park, Ill., killed seven.
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Harris calls for renewing the assault weapons ban after Highland Park mass shooting
"Congress needs to have the courage to act and renew the assault weapons ban," Harris told a teachers convention in Chicago before visiting the shooting scene at nearby Highland Park.
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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT — The man accused of opening fire with a rifle from a rooftop onto a crowd of people watching a July Fourth parade near Chicago was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder reut.rs/3yIq0aC
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A 2-year-old boy was found bloodied and alone in the aftermath of the July 4 parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. Officials had hoped to reunite him with his family. Then they learned his parents were among those killed in the rampage.
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Parents of boy, 2, found alone at parade shooting among dead
Aiden McCarthy's photo was shared across Chicago-area social media groups in the hours after the July 4 parade shooting in Highland Park, accompanied by pleas to help identify the 2-year-old who had...
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BREAKING: The man accused of attacking a July 4 parade in Highland Park, Illinois, has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder, a prosecutor says. Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart promised that dozens more charges would be sought.
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Parade shooting suspect bought 5 weapons despite threats
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — A man charged Tuesday with seven counts of murder after firing off more than 70 rounds at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago legally bought five weapons,...
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The gunman who attacked a July 4 parade in Highland Park legally bought two high-powered rifles and three other weapons despite authorities being called to his home twice since 2019 for suicidal and violent threats, police said.
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Parade shooting suspect bought 5 weapons despite threats
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — A man charged Tuesday with seven counts of murder after firing off more than 70 rounds at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago legally bought five weapons,...
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JUST IN: Authorities describe prior contacts with Highland Park shooting suspect, including a 2019 incident in which a family member reported he said he was going to "kill everyone"; authorities removed knives, a dagger and a sword from his home, police said.
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Footage has emerged of the chaotic scene during and after a gunman fired on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in Highland Park, Illinois, spraying the crowd with gunshots and killing at least six people.
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