By JENNIFER SMITH, CHIEF REPORTER and ANDREA BLANCO and PAUL FARRELL and HARRIET ALEXANDER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
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- Six people are dead, including five adults. An additional 24 people were treated in hospital, aged from eight to 85
- Authorities have named 22-year-old Robert ‘Bobby’ Crimo III, also known as ‘Awake the Rapper,’ as the suspect in the attack. He is in custody
- The gunman used an automatic rifle he abandoned before going on the run
- The shooter opened fire on crowds at the Highland Park July 4 Parade at 10:20 a.m. on Monday
- Confused residents couldn’t tell if the gunshots were fireworks or firecrackers that were part of the festivities
- The shooter is believed to have opened fire from the roof of a store on the parade route
- Videos show them running for their lives once they realized a shooter had opened fire
- Chicago Sun Times reporter Lynn Sweet, in attendance, shared a photo of what she termed the ‘bloodbath’
- Witnesses say lifeless bodies lay in pools of blood along the parade route
- Highland Park is one of the most affluent suburbs in Chicago’s North Shore, known for its low crime
A 22-year-old rapper has been arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing six people at a July 4 parade in an affluent Chicago suburb.
Robert ‘Bobby’ Crimo III was apprehended by cops in North Lake Forest, Chicago, after 7 p.m. Monday, after cops saw the silver Honda Fit he was last seen driving…
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