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Two more victims have been identified following theIndependence Day parade shootingthat happened in Highland Park, Illinois, earlier this week.
Stephen Straus and Eduardo Uvaldo are the latest individuals to be named among the seven people who were killed, and the dozen others who were injured, according to multiple outlets.
Straus, 88, was the oldest victim to die in the shooting,ABC Newsreported, citing the Lake County Coroner’s Office.
In a statement to theChicago Tribune, his son, Jonathan Straus, told the publication that his father went to Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade each year.
“I called him yesterday just to wish him a Happy Fourth of July and he didn’t respond, which I didn’t make much of. And then news stories started coming out about a shooting in Highland Park,” Jonathan said.
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Aftermath of parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4, 2022.TANNEN MAURY/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Uvaldo, 69, meanwhile, initially survived the shooting and was on life support, but died on Wednesday morning, his daughter Karina Uvaldo-Mendez, toldCNN.
The man was shot twice — once in the arm and then in the back of the head — according to aGoFundMepage established in his honor.
Uvaldo-Mendez told CNN that Uvaldo’s wife and grandson also sustained injuries during the shooting. Her mother was struck with bullet fragments on her forehead and hand.
Friday would have been Uvaldo’s 70th birthday, his daughter added.
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The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office filed seven first-degree murder charges against the suspect on Tuesday, callingthe massacrea “pre-mediated and calculated attack” in a statement.
Additional charges are likely, prosecutors say. If convicted, the alleged gunman faces a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole.
The suspect was ordered to be held without bond during a court hearing on Wednesday. “He does in fact pose a specific threat to [the] community, [so] therefore [the] defendant will be held without bond,” a judge said during the hearing, perNBC Chicago.
source: people.com
