Parade shooting suspect charged with 7 counts of murder

Parade Shooting
Members of the FBI's Evidence Response Team Unit investigate in downtown Highland Park, Ill., the day after a deadly mass shooting on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via A

By MICHAEL TARM, KATHLEEN FOODY and STEPHEN GROVES
Associated Press

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) – A prosecutor in suburban Chicago says that the gunman accused of attacking an Independence Day parade has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder.

Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart promised that dozens more charges would be sought.

He added that the suspect, if convicted of murder, would receive a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole.