The maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
The Independence Day mass shooter was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder, the Lake County prosecutor said Tuesday night. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
According to the police, the accused, Robert Crimon is suspected of having fired more than 70 shots into the crowd.
The motive for the act is not yet known to the authorities. However, according to the police, so far there is no evidence that it was a racist or religious hate crime.
The accused has been in contact with the police before. In April 2019, the man had tried to commit suicide, and in September 2019, the police had been called to the defendant’s home because he had behaved aggressively and “threatened to kill everyone”.
At that time, the police had confiscated edged weapons from Crimo.
The accused in the shooting of the Independence Day procession had a legally acquired weapon. The man had received a permit for a gun in December 2019.