A grand jury indicted an Illinois man on 117 charges, including 21 counts of first-degree murder, for shooting into a throng attending an Independence Day celebration in the Chicago region.
The suspect, 21-year-old Robert Crimo, has been detained without bail ever since he was taken into custody following the shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July celebration that left seven people dead and more than three dozen injured. His arraignment is scheduled for August 3 in court.
In accordance with the US legal system, a prosecutor may call a grand jury, a group of ordinary persons, to determine if there is enough proof to prosecute the defendant.
He would be sentenced to life in prison without the chance of release if found guilty on the murder charges. The slaughter was related to a recent rash of mass shootings that have reignited the conversation over gun violence in America.
It came after a shooting rampage at a grocery in a primarily Black neighbourhood of Buffalo, New York, which claimed the lives of 10, and an incident in Uvalde, Texas, which murdered 19 schoolchildren and two teachers.
