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    The suspected Highland Park parade shooter had posted violent imagery online

    Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering tells NPR that charges against the suspected shooter are expected shortly. Here's what else we know as of Tuesday.
    by Rachel Treisman Jul 05, 2022 5 minutes
    Law enforcement escorts a family away from the scene of a shooting at a parade on July 4 in Highland Park, Ill.

    What began as a beloved July 4th tradition ended in tragedy after a gunman opened fire on a holiday parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Ill., on Monday morning, killing six people and injuring dozens more.

    Robert E. Crimo III is the suspected shooter, Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering told Morning Edition on Tuesday morning. She said charges are expected shortly.

    Police first identified Crimo — who is 21 according to the Highland Park Police Department — as a person of interest on Monday. He was taken into custody later that night, after an hourslong manhunt when a police officer pulled him over for a traffic stop.

    Authorities have said that the suspect used a high-powered rifle to fire on the crowd from the roof of a nearby business, which he allegedly accessed with an unsecured ladder that was attached to the building.

    The suspect is not a resident of Highland Park and, in what she described as a breach of local law.

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