BREAKING: The suspect in the Highland Park shooting is charged with 7 counts of first-degree murder, officials say.
A total of at least 45 people were injured or killed during the shooting, Highland Park Police said Tuesday. , 21, was taken into custody without incident Monday evening, hours after the shooting, when someone called 911 and a police officer pulled him over in his mother's car, Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Chris Covelli told reporters. Investigators are speaking with the suspect, but they haven't uncovered a motive for the shooting, Covelli said.
Covelli said investigators believe the suspect used a fire escape ladder to climb onto the roof of a building overlooking the parade route, and that he wore women's clothing during the shooting in an attempt to conceal his facial tattoos and help him escape. "He blended right in with everybody else as they were running around, almost as he was an innocent spectator as well," Covelli said.
Covelli also said Tuesday that the suspect traveled to the Madison, Wisconsin, area before heading back to Illinois, where he was taken into custody.
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