- The shooting suspect in the Highland Park shooting faces seven state charges.
- He will be charged for first degree murder at a hearing on Wednesday.
- The Lake County DA added that they would pursue 'dozens more' charges.
The shooting suspect in the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting was charged with seven counts of first degree murder, Lake County District Attorney Eric Rinehart said on Tuesday.
The man identified as the shooting suspect will appear in court on Wednesday. At least seven people died in the massacre, which occurred during the morning of a parade in the Highland Park suburb of Chicago, Illinois.
The shooter carried the attack out with a rifle and owned at least 5 guns, authorities said Tuesday.
Rinehart said that the state charges for the "carefully planned crime" would carry a mandatory life sentence with no possibility of parole if the suspect is indicted.
He also commented on the recent gun control debate, throwing his support behind an assault weapons ban.
"We should ban assault weapons in Illinois and beyond. It was implemented in 1994 with bipartisan and support of law enforcement," Rinehart said.
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