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The Latest Breaking News from Robert Crimo III

Leonard Greene: 60 shots. The unreasonable price a Black man pays for running from police

He shouldn’t have run from the police.

Tribune News Service

Father of Highland Park shooting suspect should accept role in tragedy

Robert Crimo Jr. says he has no regrets signing a form on his namesake son’s firearm owners identification card application. Well, maybe he should.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park shooting suspect’s father ‘may have certain responsibility’ for attack police warn

Bob Crimo sponsored son’s firearms licence despite police being called to family home two months earlier because he threatened to ‘kill everyone’

The Independent UK

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Lives lost in Highland Park shooting leave community, country reeling in grief, heartache

Republican lawmakers often decry fatherlessness and the breakdown of “family values,” yet they recoil at the thought of enacting common sense gun regulations. These misguided leaders need a reminder that with each shooting, someone’s family is demoralized or destroyed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Loved ones lost forever in Highland Park massacre, but the pain will never go away

Sneed: Questions linger about what would drive a young man to shoot up a parade on the most festive of holidays

Chicago Sun-Times

Could Robert Crimo’s parents face charges over Highland Park shooting?

Criminal attorney Katherine Fernandez speaks to The Independent about the likelihood that the Crimos will face charges over the 4 July massacre

The Independent UK

Police records paint picture of turbulent home life for alleged gunman in Highland Park mass shooting

CHICAGO — Highland Park police were called to the family home of the alleged Independence Day parade sniper at least nine times between 2010 and 2014 in response to domestic disputes, according to newly released police records.

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Highland Park suspect allegedly owned foldable rifle maker says can be stored in a backpack

The manufacture advertises that the weapon is simple to operate and can be broken down so that it can be easily stored in a backpack, but still be quickly deployed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park shooting suspect’s father says he had ‘zero’ involvement, according to media reports

“I had no — not an inkling, warning — that this was going to happen,” Robert Crimo Jr., told ABC. “I am just shocked.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park suspect’s father to be investigated for signing gun application

Crimo Jr denies any responsibility for the attack, saying ‘I had no – not an inkling, warning – that this was going to happen’

The Guardian - US

Red flags missed: How July 4 suspect slipped through system

Illinois’ “red-flag” law could have stopped, or at least slowed down, the suspect in the Independence Day parade shooting from being able to buy the gun he is accused of using to kill seven people and wound dozens more

The Independent UK

The Highland Park shooting suspect considered a second attack in Wisconsin, police say

The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade fled to the Madison, Wis., area afterward and contemplated shooting up an event there, authorities said Wednesday.

WEKU

Scapegoating rap hits new low after July Fourth mass shooting

When local police named 22-year-old Robert E. Crimo III as “a person of interest” in the July 4 mass shootings in an affluent Chicago suburb, several news outlets described him in headlines as a “rapper.”

The Conversation

Highland Park suspect talked about Denmark mass shooting hours before own attack, father reveals

Father Robert Crimo Jr wants ‘long sentence’ for son and says he had ‘zero’ involvement in shooting

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McConnell says gun rights not ‘core of the problem’ after Highland Park mass shooting

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that easy access to guns is not the “core of the problem” after America suffered another mass shooting on the Fourth of July.

Chicago Tribune

Highland Park police ‘danger’ warning couldn't bar alleged parade shooter from buying rifle, state police say

CHICAGO — Two days after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Independence Day parade shocked the country and put renewed focus on weaknesses in Illinois’ gun laws, authorities continued to hash out how alleged gunman Robert Crimo III apparently bought a high-powered rifle despite troubling episodes in his background.

Salon

GOP's gun deflection game grows stale

Following a mass shooting at a Fourth of July Parade in Highland Park, the right blames drugs and mental illness

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park suspect confessed to July 4 massacre, drove to Wisconsin but opted not to open fire there, prosecutors say

Robert Crimo III showed little emotion as a prosecutor read the names of the dead and asked that he be held without bail. The judge agreed.

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WEKU

Highland Park suspect confessed to the July 4th shooting, prosecutors say

The 21-year-old charged with murdering seven people at the parade in suburban Illinois confessed to the shooting after he was taken into custody. He is being held without bail.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Highland Park shooting suspect charged with murder

Robert Crimo III, 21, faces seven counts of first-degree murder after Fourth of July massacre. Plus, why you shouldn’t mess with New York’s bodegas

Evening Standard

Chicago shooting: Nearly $2million raised for toddler orphaned in Highland Park Independence Day massacre

Two-year-old Aiden McCarthy was found bloodied and wandering alone in the aftermath of the Fourth of July mass shooting which claimed seven lives

Chicago Tribune

Purchase of rifle allegedly used in Highland Park massacre highlights limits of Illinois gun laws

CHICAGO — A day after a gunman fired 70 rounds into a crowd at the Highland Park Independence Day parade, concerns and questions began to emerge about the availability of high-capacity firepower in Illinois, including whether existing rules and laws around background checks are enough to protect the public.

WEKU

Highland Park suspect's online history reveals a fascination with violence

The 21-year-old suspect made music videos about shootings, and apparently posted thousands of times to a message board dedicated to sharing graphic photos and videos of violence.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot, Kelly tout gun safety legislation, though admit it may not have prevented Highland Park parade massacre

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, among other things, enhances background checks for gun buyers age 18 to 21. and encourages states to enact “red flag” laws that can allow firearms to be temporarily confiscated from people deemed dangerous.

The Independent UK

Photo emerges of Robert Crimo disguised in women’s clothes to flee Highland Park shooting

Robert Crimo III, 21, dressed in women’s clothing as a disguise so that he could blend into the crowd of panicked parade-goers as they fled the scene of terror

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