Highland Park gunman admitted to firing on parade crowd and contemplated attack in Madison, Wisconsin, officials say
Robert E. Crimo III was appointed a public defender and is due in court again July 28.
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Robert E. Crimo III was appointed a public defender and is due in court again July 28.
The suspect turned back to Illinois, where he was arrested, after deciding he was not prepared to pull off another attack in Wisconsin, a police spokesman said.
The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then fled to the Madison, Wisconsin.
Robert Crimo III turned back to Illinois, where he was later arrested after deciding he was not prepared to pull off a shooting in Wisconsin.
HIGHLANDPARK, United States - The 21-year-old man arrested for a deadly mass shooting at a July 4 parade in an affluent Chicago suburb has confessed and admitted he considered a second attack while on the run, officials said Wednesday. (FILES) This handout file image courtesy of the City of Highl