for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. it's wednesday, july 6th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." parade shooting suspect charged. the man police say killed seven people at an illinois fourth of july parade is now facing murder charges. how he was able to legally obtain his weapons despite run-ins with the law. story of survival. we will hear from a woman who was at the parade with her family when the gunman opened fire. the chilling details of what she saw and heard. and abortion rights fight. the mississippi clinic at the heart of the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade gets set to shut its doors. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green.

the suspect in monday's mass shooting at an illinois independence day parade is expected to be in court today to face seven counts of first-degree murder. a seventh victim died from their injuries yesterday. more than three dozen others were hurt. there are also questions about how the suspect was able to legally buy guns despite previous run-ins with the law. bradley blackburn is in highland park, illinois, with more on this story. bradley, good morning. >> reporter: hey, anne-marie. this morning we are also learning more about the victims, the names and ages have been released for six of the seven people who lost their lives here. and the man suspected of gunning them down on this street during the parade could spend the rest of his life in prison. the suspect in the highland park independence day parade mass shooting now faces seven counts of first-degree murder. >> there will be dozens of more charges against mr. crimo. but these seven counts of

first-degree murder will lead to a mandatory life sentence should he be convicted without the possibility of parole. >> reporter: the death toll rose to seven after another shooting victim died in the aftermath of monday's attack in the chicago suburb. the victims killed include an 88-year-old grandfather, the two youngest are parents of a 2-year-old boy who survived the rampage and is now an orphan. dr. loren schecter escaped the gunfire and went back to help. >> i'm a surgeon. i've worked in trauma. the wounds we saw were -- many were military-level wounds. >> reporter: authorities say that alleged gunman, 21-year-old robert crimo iii, fired more than 70 rounds as he hid along a rooftop on the route. >> he brought a high-powered rifle to this parade. he accessed the roof of a business via a fire escape ladder and began opening foyer. -- fire. >> reporter: he avoided being caught by dressing in women's clothing and blending into the panicked crowd.

authorities were called to the suspect's home twice in 2019 for threats of violence and suicide. and when police visited that home back in 2019, they found and removed 16 knives but no guns. just a few months later, though, he applied for a state gun license, was apparently sponsored by his father. state police say they couldn't deny that application because at the time there was insufficient basis to establish a clear and present danger. >> unbelievable. bradley blackburn in highland park, illinois. thank you so much. so for the families of the shooting victims, life will never be the same. adriana diaz spoke with one whom witnessed the horror. >> reporter: what did it sound like? >> so loud. not like one shot. like rapid fire all in a row bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. like --

>> reporter: natalie lorentz says she, her husband, mother, and three sons had just sat down on the curb to watch the parade when the shooting started. [ gunfire ] >> we got down on the ground as fast as we could. my husband saw a shooter and was like, there's a shooter. and then we just got up and started running. i grabbed my youngest son and my husband had my other two kids, and my mom was running with us. she fell and got separated from us. >> when i was down on the ground, the guy next to me looked like his leg was shot off. and the woman in front of him was completely covered with blood. when i saw that, i'm like, you just need get up and run. >> reporter: she soon reunited with her mother andrea. as the family fled, her instinct was to protect her children from the bloodshed all around. >> people that had been shot that we were trying to shield the kids from so they didn't see. but they were being taken away to an ambulance.

and we just kept walking like just trying to get away from there. >> reporter: it sounds like such a nightmare. >> it was the worst moment of my entire life. >> reporter: do you feel like this has sunken in, or you're still in shock? >> i feel like i'm still in shock. i feel like i'm still just in complete panic mode. i don't know how to even make sense of this or begin to process this when i just keep thinking that could have been us, how did we survive, like why did we survive? >> reporter: she believes two parents sitting inches away from them didn't make it. and she can't help but worry what the future holds for her own family. >> it's one of those things everybody always says you hope it never happens to you. >> it used to be like a freak occurrence, now this is not. this is commonplace. this is a fact of life. this is the world that we live in right now and that we are raising our kids in, and it's not okay. >> reporter: adriana diaz, cbs

news. well, in the wake of the parade shooting, vice president kamala harris called on congress to have the courage to renew the assault weapons ban. >> we need to end this horror. we need to stop this violence. [ cheers ] and we must protect our communities from the terror of gun violence. >> harris made the remarks yesterday at a teachers convention in chicago. she also visited the nearby site of monday's mass shooting in highland park. harris met with local officials, first responders, and residents. two prominent allies of former president trump have been subpoenaed to testify before a special grand jury in georgia looking into alleged efforts to influence the results of the 2020 presidential election. a georgia prosecutor subpoenaed republican senator lindsey graham, trump's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, and other members of trump's campaign legal team. after the election, trump tried to push georgia's secretary of state to find the necessary

votes for him to win the state. the committee investigating the january 6th capitol attack has scheduled another hearing for next tuesday. it did not say who would appear. the hearing is supposed to focus on possible connections between the trump white house and extremist groups at the capitol that day. the committee also says that more witnesses have come forward after last week's blockbuster testimony by former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. and the battle over abortion rights is heating up in several southern states after the supreme court's decision to overturn roe versus wade. mississippi's only abortion clinic is set to close today. it comes after a judge rejected its request to temporarily block a state law banning most abortions. this is the same clinic at the heart of the case that led to the supreme court overturning abortion rights. and florida's new 15-week ban was blocked and quickly reinstated yesterday. a state judge first said florida's constitution guarantees the right to an

abortion, but the state appealed the decision putting the ban back in place. wnba star brittney griner is getting a strong show of support from a group of powerful women here in the u.s. nearly 1,200 prominent black female leaders have signed a letter to president biden urging him to take action and bring griner home. among the signatories are bernice king, daughter of martin luther king jr., and a number of female basketball coaches and executives. griner's on trial in russia after she was arrested in february for allegedly having cannabis oil. and we are following breaking news overnight. music legend carlos santana collapsed during a concert last night in michigan. you can see dozens of people surrounding the guitar legend at a pine knob music theater in clarkson. during his show, officials said that santana was overcome by heat exhaustion and dehydration. and here you can see him waving to the crowd as he was taken off the stage and to a nearby

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independence day. new jersey approved sweeping gun-control laws, and there's a battle over a voting law in arizona. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." our phoenix affiliate kpho reports that the justice department is suing arizona over a new state law requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. the law is set to go into effect in january. the justice department says that it violates a federal voter registration law and the civil rights act. arizona residents who want to register to vote in state elections already have to provide proof of citizenship. and newjersey.com says that governor murphy has signed seven new laws to further tighten the constituent's already tough gun regulations. murphy said the new measures are necessary after last month's supreme court decision overturned new york state's concealed gun carry law which could impact other states. the new jersey laws require firearms training to obtain a gun permit, make it easier for the state to sue gun makers and

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right now on kpix 5 news at 5:00 a.m., seven people are dead after the independence day mass shooting in illinois, the series of red flags that had been raised about the suspect and the charges he is facing this

morning. plus with many americans getting covid for a second, third or fourth time, a troubling new study reveals the danger of reinfection. and it's another cool below-average day here in the bay but we warm up as we head into the weekend. we'll break down the numbers coming up in the full forecast. we have a double decker bus in san francisco seeing more tourists by the day. we took a ride to see the big boost coming to visitors in the city. the suspect in the ind pence day shooting in highland park, illinois, is expected in court. robert crimo is facing seven counts of murder following his arrest for firing on a crowd killing seven and wounding dozens more. a conviction would result in a sentence of life in prisonmt witht pa. judge h with il