Highland Park shooting suspect charged with murder as police reveal past threat against family

Robert Crimo, 21, faces seven counts of first-degree murder after Fourth of July massacre

The man alleged to have fatally shot seven people and wounded more than 30 others at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago managed to legally obtain five guns - including the murder weapon - after a suicide attempt and a threat to kill everyone" in 2019, authorities revealed on Tuesday.

The new details came as Robert Crimo III, 21, was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder over the deadly massacre. Announcing the charges in an evening press conference on Tuesday, the Lake County state's attorney, Eric Rinehart, said that the community of Highland Park would never be the same" and promised the charges were just the first of many".