Parade mass shooting suspect ‘contemplated second attack’

Robert E Crimo III appears before Lake County Judge Theodore Potkonjak in his initial court appearance via video-link (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)

The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to unleashing a hail of bullets from a rooftop in Chicago and then fled to Madison, Wisconsin, where he contemplated an attack there, authorities said.

The gunman turned back to Illinois, where he was arrested, after deciding he was not prepared to pull off a shooting in Wisconsin, Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said at a press conference following a bond hearing.