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No bail for accused Highland Park shooter, who also considered 2nd attack in Wisconsin

"Bobby" Crimo III, 21, is charged with seven counts of first-degree murder following the Fourth of July parade shootings in Highland Park, Illinois.

CHICAGO — A Lake County judge on Wednesday ordered Robert E. “Bobby” Crimo III, accused of carrying out the rooftop massacre at Highland Park’s Independence Day parade, held without bond on seven counts of first-degree murder.

Calling Crimo a “specific and present threat to the community,” Judge Theodore Potkonjak ordered him to remain in jail. Crimo’s next hearing is set for July 28.

Just after the hearing, Lake County Deputy Sheriff Chris Covelli dropped

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