Seventh deceased victim recognized soon after Highland Park taking pictures

Ryan King

July 06, 01:06 PM July 06, 01:06 PM

A seventh person who died from the capturing rampage at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, has been identified.

Eduardo Uvaldo, 69, was pronounced useless at Evanston Medical center, wherever he had been transported following the shooting spree, according to CBS. Uvaldo was shot in the head during the assault, his granddaughter, Nivia Guzman, stated on a GoFundMe webpage.

SEVENTH Victim DIES Just after HIGHLAND PARK Shooting

“My relatives attends each and every yr crammed with happiness and laughter. This yr was unique, this 12 months was crammed with panic, disappointment, and tragedy,” she stated. “Unfortunately my grandpa acquired shot in the arm, then in the back of the head. … My grandpa is a form, loving, and humorous gentleman who did not are entitled to this.

Some initial reports indicated that Uvaldo was the eighth sufferer of the attack, but Lake County Big Criminal offense Task Pressure spokesman Christopher Covelli clarified that he was the seventh.

"That is the seventh victim. It is really a full of seven victims that have handed," Covelli reported outside the Lake County Courthouse on Wednesday pursuing the gunman's initially court docket visual appeal.

Five people were being pronounced dead at the scene of the Monday taking pictures, and two men and women succumbed to their injuries afterwards. Dozens of people were being wounded in the assault.

In addition to Uvaldo, the deceased victims contain Katherine Baldstein, 64, Kevin McCarthy, 37, Irina McCarthy, 35, Jacki Sundheim, 63, Stephen Straus, 88, and Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, 78, for each officers.

Gunman Robert "Bobby" E. Crimo III, 21, confessed to the taking pictures, prosecutors stated during a bond hearing on Wednesday, in accordance to NBC. He specially admitted to using a Smith and Wesson M&P 15 rifle, loading 30-spherical clips into the firearm 2 times.

A choose purchased Crimo to be held with out bail. Crimo was billed with 7 counts of initial-degree murder, prosecutors declared Tuesday.