United States | Illinois mass shooting suspect planned for weeks, dressed in women’s clothes to escape police

Police has released more information about the man who was taken into custody after a shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois.

At least six people were killed and more than 30 injured in a mass shooting in which a man on the roof of a building fired randomly at a parade audience.

After this, the shooter was free for hours before the police caught the suspect local time on Monday evening. According to new information, the suspect is a 21-year-old man. Earlier, the police had said that he was 22 years old.

The suspect has not yet been charged, but the police in the area have said According to CNN that he believes charges will be filed during Tuesday. Before filing charges, the investigators have wanted to go through all the information they currently have.

Tuesday at the organized press conference, the deputy police chief of the area Christopher Covell said the suspect is believed to have acted alone. According to Covell, there is no indication that anyone else was involved in the attack.

According to the police, the suspect fired at the crowd more than 70 times. According to the police, the rifle used in the shooting was legally purchased in Illinois. The suspect has not been in contact with the police before.

Covelli said that the police believe, based on their current information, that the suspect had been planning the attack for weeks. So far, the police have no information about the motives of the act, nor whether the shooting is related to, for example, racist or religious reasons.

Covelli said that after the shooting, the suspect had left the roof, dropped his weapon on the ground and blended into the chaotic crowd. After that, he had walked over to his mother’s house, borrowed her mother’s car and fled in it.

Another rifle was found in the car during the arrest.

When fleeing, the suspect had dressed in women’s clothing to disguise himself and cover his facial tattoos.