Authorities say an individual of interest in the July Fourth mass shooting has been arrested.
Authorities say an individual of interest in the July Fourth mass shooting has been arrested.
Robert E. Crimo III was spotted driving a silver Honda Fit in North Chicago hours after the assault. At the point when an officer attempted to “start a traffic stop,” the 22-year-old endeavored to escape, Highland Park Police Chief Lou Jogmen said in a briefing Monday night.
“A short pursuit went on,” at the end of the day Crimo surrendered himself, Jogmen said, adding that he was “arrested without occurrence.”
Jogmen said the examination is moving rapidly and noticed that Crimo will be addressed by agents at the office “to ensure or check whether, as a matter of fact, he is associated with this episode.”
A cop responds as he strolls in midtown Highland Park, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, Monday, as policing a quest for the thought shooter who killed no less than six.
High country Park Fire Chief Joe Schrage said a youngster who had been fundamentally harmed is among the about two dozen individuals taken to nearby clinics. A portion of the wounds incorporates gunfire wounds to the mid-region and appendages.
The shooter utilized a powerful rifle, which is currently being examined by the government Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and was on the top of a business.
They purportedly got to the rooftop by means of a rear entryway utilizing a stepping stool that was joined to the structure and was unstable.
“And afterward out of nowhere, the group … begun running in a rush design,” he said.
“And afterward I cautiously went a tad forward, and out of nowhere I see blood on the concrete. What’s more, I see people in pools of blood … what’s more, I realized there was a mass shooting.”
The shooting was speedy and awful
President Biden says he and the first lady are ‘shocked’.
Illinois lead representative calls the shooter a ‘Monster’