The person accused of opening hearth on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago has been indicted by a grand jury on 21 first-degree homicide counts, 48 counts of tried homicide and 48 counts of aggravated battery
Prosecutors beforehand filed seven homicide expenses towards Robert E. Crimo III. They introduced the grand jury's determination to indict him on 117 felony expenses on Wednesday.
Attorneys for the suspect haven't made a proper response but to any of the costs he faces within the July Fourth capturing that killed seven individuals, wounded greater than 30, and despatched spectators fleeing the parade route in downtown Highland Park, Illinois.
Prosecutors have mentioned the 21-year-old suspect admitted to the capturing when police arrested him following an hours lengthy search on July 4.
Underneath Illinois legislation, prosecutors can ask a grand jury to find out whether or not there's possible trigger to proceed to trial. Grand jury proceedings aren't open to the general public and protection attorneys can't cross-examine witnesses.
Authorities have mentioned the wounded vary in age from 8 to their 80s, together with an 8-year-old boy who was paralyzed from the waist down when the capturing severed his backbone.
Throughout a court docket listening to presenting the homicide expenses, Lake County prosecutors mentioned police discovered greater than 80 spent shell casings on the rooftop of a constructing alongside the parade route and the semi-automatic rifle used within the assault on the bottom close by.
Investigators consider the accused gunman blended in with the fleeing crowd to get away from the scene, then borrowed his mom's automotive and briefly contemplated a second assault on a celebration in Madison, Wisconsin, earlier than returning to Illinois the place police arrested him.
Lake County Main Crime Process Pressure spokesman Chris Covelli informed reporters earlier this month that the suspect purchased the high-powered rifle used within the assault legally in Illinois and that he "pre-planned this assault for a number of weeks."
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering informed "CBS Mornings" earlier this month that she knew the suspect when he was a boy.
"I used to be his Cub Scout pack chief," she mentioned. "… My coronary heart breaks for everyone on this city. I am unsure what occurred to him to compel him to commit this sort of evil in his hometown, however we've got a metropolis that's in deep mourning at present, and we're going to take a very long time to heal from all of this."