The Highland Park shooting suspect is indicted on 117 charges

Hand written, painted signs and rocks dedicated to the seven people killed and others injured in the Fourth of July mass shooting are seen at a memorial site, Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Highland Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

The man accused of opening fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago has been indicted by a grand jury on 21 first-degree murder counts, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery, representing the seven people killed and dozens wounded in the attack on a beloved holiday event.

Prosecutors previously filed seven murder charges against Robert E. Crimo III. They announced the grand jury’s decision to indict him on 117 felony charges on Wednesday.

Attorneys for Crimo have not made a formal response yet to any of the charges he faces in the July Fourth shooting in downtown Highland Park, Illinois.