Highland Park shooting: police say suspect used women’s clothing disguise; 7 now dead

YouTube has taken down page belonging to man in custody, while Instagram and Twitter have terminated his accounts, as death toll increases

Seeking clues for a possible motivation, police were combing through the social media profile and published songs of the alleged attacker in the shooting that left at least seven dead and 30 wounded in a Chicago suburb on the Fourth of July.

Robert E Crimo III, 22, was detained hours after the shooting Monday as a person of interest in the case, said the police chief of Highland Park, Illinois. Investigators have stopped short of calling Crimo a suspect, but on Tuesday they described finding evidence that he disguised himself in women's clothing" before opening fire on strangers with a high-powered rifle styled after an AR-15.