Police reported Tuesday that the alleged perpetrator of the shooting in the parade for Independence Day in Highland Park, outside Chicago, he used a legally purchased gun.
“The rifle was purchased in Illinois and the information we have at this time is that it appears to have been legally purchased by Crimo,” said Chris Covelli, a spokesman for the Chicago crime task force at a press conference, referring to Robert Crimo III, arrested on Monday, April 4. de Julio as the alleged attacker.
The Highland Park shooting came more than a week after President Joe Biden signed the first significant US gun control legislation passed by Congress in decades.
The new law sanctioned by the presidentThe bipartisan bill passed after two mass shootings in May, including a racist attack that left 10 people dead at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and an attack at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
This Monday, the attacker in Highland Park opened fire on the crowd in full celebration on the occasion of Independence Day. Six people died, while more than 30 received gunshot wounds and had to be hospitalized, authorities reported.
Covelli commented that preliminary investigations have determined that Crimo “planned this attack for weeks”, in addition, he explained that the weapon used is a high-powered rifle with which he fired more than 70 shots.
Crimo, who has been in police custody since Monday afternoon, is 21 years old and police said he was dressed as a woman when he was arrested, probably to hide his tattoos.
So far there is no evidence of a possible racial, sexist or other motivation that will lead the alleged murderer to shoot into the crowd.
The police reported that thanks to the video of a surveillance camera the shooter was identified, this from the many images provided by the public at the scene.
Signal of mourning, flag at half-staff
This Tuesday the White House ordered that the United States flag fly at half-staff in public buildings, military pests and others until Saturday, July 9, as a “show of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of armed violence perpetrated in our Independence Day.
The order, signed by President Joe Biden, also extends to US embassies abroad.
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