The suspected Highland Park, Illinois, shooter, wanted to carry out another attack at a Fourth of July celebration in Wisconsin, according to authorities. However, he decided not to go ahead with it due to a lack of planning, 

At a press conference Wednesday, officials in Lake County, Illinois, said that after allegedly shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park Monday, Bobby Crimo escaped and noticed a second holiday celebration in Madison, Wisconsin.

Crimo “contemplated” shooting the second celebration but ultimately decided not to because he “had not done enough planning,” officials said.

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This revelation comes as Crimo was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder

Monday’s mass shooting left seven dead and dozens injured.

Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said Wednesday that Crimo “admitted to what he had done.”

Crimo was denied bail in his first court appearance before Judge Theodore Potkonjak

“There was probable cause at this time to hold him on seven counts of first-degree murder,” Rinehart said. “We have filed those counts, alleging the intentional killing of seven individuals. Based on the information that the investigation has produced so far, the judge found that the evidence was at such a level that he could held without bond, also because the fact that it is a mandatory life sentence.”

Christopher Covelli, Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman, spoke about the potential second shooting incident in Wisconsin, saying that Crimo had around 60 rounds of ammunition on him at the time when he was thinking to carry out another shooting.

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Crimo was taken into custody by police shortly after.

A possible motive for the mass shooting remains unknown. When asked by reporters about Covelli motive, Covelli said, “I don’t want to go specifically into what he told investigators, however, he had some type of affinity toward the numbers four and seven and inverse was seven, four,” alluding to the date that the incident took place.

On Tuesday, Covelli said that the suspected shooter allegedly wore women’s clothing to disguise himself during the parade. Authorities also claimed that Crimo then climbed a fire escape where he accessed the roof of a building near the parade and opened fire.

The shooting incident comes amid a string of attacks in the United States which had already become a hot debate topic following the killings at Buffalo and Uvalde.

Illinois, however, has one of the strongest gun safety laws in the country. Several cities have banned the purchase of rifles. Highland Park has a ban in place since 2013, which prohibits the purchase of semi-automatics or high-capacity magazines.