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gunshots wounds to police, who a admit he was not armed when shot. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight begin with the breaking news, the highland park shooting suspect has now been charged formally with seven counts of first degree murder. we just heard a live press conference where officials say dozens of charges coming against the smekt so this is just the beginning, seven accounts of first degree murder. fa faces life sentence without possibility of parole, and again, there will be dozens more charges but that s where we start. officials say he planned his attack for weeks and then killed seven people and injured 38 more. the victims, as we now know ranging in age from age eight to 88, police have released a photo of the 21-year-old gunman dressed in women s clothing during the attack, we believe he did this to conceal his facial tattoos and identity and fired 70 rounds from a high-powered rifle into the crowd. photo from cnn shows the suspect moments ....
gunman. cnn s senior investigative correspondent, drew griffin, has details. the sheriff s office reveals two incident involving the suspect. the first in april of 2019. a suicide attempt handled by mental health professionals. the secondo cured in september of 2019. a family member reported he was going to kill efveryone and he had a collection of knives. the police responded to his residence. they removed 16 knives, a dagger and sword from his home. at that time, there was no probably cause to arrest. there were no complaints that were signed by any of the victims. police say the suspected shooter preplanned his attack and get away for several weeks leaving his high powered rifle behind, dressing as a woman, and slipping away with the retreating crowds. it was that rifle purchased legally and traced back to him that helped police identify the suspect, track down his mother s car and make this arrest. at this point, we have not developed a motive from him. wh ....