Robert Crimmo, the suspect in the mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, was indicted on Tuesday on seven counts of first-degree murder. If convicted, he faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. More charges, including possible federal ones, are expected to be announced in the coming days and weeks. Authorities say the July 4 massacre was not the first time the 21-year-old has been linked to violence. In 2019, Krimo threatened to “kill everyone” in his home, authorities revealed. Lake County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Christopher Covelli said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon that officers were called to the home of Robert E Crimo in September 2019 and seized several knives, but did not arrest the suspect. Mr. Crimo is suspected of scaling a fire escape and firing more than 70 bullets into the Fourth of July parade crowd from a business rooftop, killing five at the scene, fatally wounding two and injuring dozens. He was arrested about eight hours later after an intensive manhunt. Photo of Robert Crimo dressed as a woman to escape the area of the mass shooting (WGN9) Mr Covelli earlier said the suspect had been “planning his attack for several weeks” and dressed in women’s clothing as a disguise so he could slip under the radar as he left the scene. The names of six of the seven victims have been released: Katherine Goldstein, 64, Irina McCarthy, 35, Kevin McCarthy, 37, Jacqueline Sandheim, 63, Steven Strauss, 88, and Nicola Toledo-Zaragosa, 78.
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Watch: How Highland Park was filmed on the ground
Fourth of July celebrations descended into bloody chaos in the Illinois town of Highland Park when gunfire erupted over the festive music and screaming onlookers ran for their lives. Appearing to have been captured on the mobile phone of a teenage reveler, the video began by showing families sitting on the pavement, watching a band march past. But suddenly the band members broke into a run and ran in the direction of the parade route as onlookers started jumping off the ground. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 4:00 am 1657074647
Community members shocked as Robert Crimmo charged in Highland Park shooting
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering revealed she once served as a Boy Scout leader for Robert Crimmo, the 22-year-old charged with seven counts of murder in the July 4 mass shooting that left seven dead and dozens injured. Speaking to NBC’s Today Show anchor Hoda Kotb on Tuesday morning, Ms. Rotering explained that she could not say whether Mr. Crimo was known to the authorities before the Independence Day shootings, but she had known him personally several years before. when he was working as a Cub Scout leader in the area. “I know him as someone who was a Cub Scout when I was a Cub Scout leader,” Ms. Rotering said. “And it’s one of those things where you step back and say, ‘What happened?’ How did someone get so angry, so hateful to then take it out on innocent people who were literally just having a family day out?’ When pressed by the host about whether she had any specific memories of Mr. Crimo from when he was a little boy, the mayor kept her response blunt but succinct: “He was just a little boy.” Johanna Chisholm has more. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 3:30 am 1657072847
What does Robert Crimo’s ’47’ tattoo mean?
The 21-year-old suspect who opened fire at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade appears to be obsessed with the number 47. Police believe Robert “Bobby” Crimo III dressed in a wig and women’s clothing before using a high-powered rifle to fire more than 70 bullets into a crowd in suburban Chicago on Monday morning, killing six and injuring dozens. Mr. Crimo left an extensive digital footprint in which the aspiring rapper, who performed under the alter-ego Awake, frequently referred to the number 47. He also had the number tattooed on the side of his face and it was also painted on the door of a car parked outside his family home. Bevan Hurley has the details. Josh Marcus Jul 6, 2022 3:00 am 1657071047
Republicans are already spreading conspiracy theories about the Highland Park shooting
Marjorie Taylor Greene admitted to circulating a photoshopped photo as she made a series of baseless claims about the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. The Georgia representative, a first-term congresswoman known for promoting outlandish conspiracy theories, began her strange remarks hours after the shooting on Monday when she suggested that suspected gunman Robert Crimmo’s rampage could be blamed on illegal drug abuse or the side effects of common -used antidepressants. Despite the lack of publicly available evidence that Crimo was a drug user of any kind, Ms. Green took to Twitter late Monday to say that anyone who disagreed with her claims was part of a cover-up on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry. “When will we have an honest discussion about drug abuse, mental illness and SSRIs… and the deadly side effects. Are we really going to keep pretending? Or cover for Big Pharma? Because I’m done with the political works on this one [bulls***],” she wrote. SSRIs — selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors — are drugs often used as antidepressants. Andrew Feinberg has the full report. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 02:30 am 1657069247
WARNING: Highland Park official calls for assault weapons ban
Eric Rinehart, the state’s attorney for Lake County, called on Illinois and the US at large to ban assault rifles. Mr. Rinehart, a Highland Park resident, said Illinois already has a strong red flag law, but more needs to be done to prevent further gun tragedies. “All the people who died steps from here lost their freedom, all of it. Every ounce of freedom they had. The freedom to love. The freedom of learning. And the freedom to live a full life,” the state attorney said. “Their freedom also matters. We need to do more as we think and reflect on their freedom this 5th of July.” Josh Marcus Jul 6, 2022 02:00 am 1657068059
Robert Crimo: Videos of beheadings, glorification of school shootings and obsession with 47
Robert Crimo’s obsession with violence appears to have left the online world and entered the real lives of innocent families, friends and locals who had gone to watch the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park. Rachel Sharp has the details. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 1:40 am 1657066859
What we know so far about the victims of the Highland Park mass shooting
A doting grandfather, a married couple with a two-year-old son and a preschool teacher are among the seven victims fatally wounded during the Independence Day mass shooting in Highland Park. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 1:20 am 1657065659
Photo of Robert Crimo Disguised in Women’s Clothing to Escape Highland Park Shooting Appears
The Highland Park shooting suspect “planned his attack for several weeks” and donned women’s clothing as a disguise so he could flee the scene of the mass shooting where he had just killed six victims, according to law enforcement. Josh Marcus Jul 6, 2022 1:00 am 1657064747
WATCH: State police explain why they didn’t stop Robert Crimo from buying guns
Earlier today, Illinois State Police explained how Robert Crimo III was able to legally apply for a gun ownership card. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 12:45 am 1657063790
Should the officials have done more to stop Robert Crimo from getting a gun?
By the time he allegedly committed the Highland Park shooting, Robert Crimmo, 21, had five guns, including two rifles, handguns and possibly a shotgun, police said. At this stage of the investigation, officials say it appears Mr. Crimo purchased the guns legally in the Chicagoland area. That’s despite two troubling incidents in 2019, when Mr. Crimo allegedly tried to kill himself and later threatened to kill his entire family, and an Illinois “red flag” law intended to keep guns away from people at risk to become violent. Illinois State Police say that because no 2019 incidents resulted in charges, arrests or firearm seizures, they were not enough to declare a clear and present danger and deny the FOID request. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 12:29 am
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Robert Crimmo, the suspect in the mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, was indicted on Tuesday on seven counts of first-degree murder. If convicted, he faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. More charges, including possible federal ones, are expected to be announced in the coming days and weeks. Authorities say the July 4 massacre was not the first time the 21-year-old has been linked to violence. In 2019, Krimo threatened to “kill everyone” in his home, authorities revealed. Lake County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Christopher Covelli said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon that officers were called to the home of Robert E Crimo in September 2019 and seized several knives, but did not arrest the suspect. Mr. Crimo is suspected of scaling a fire escape and firing more than 70 bullets into the Fourth of July parade crowd from a business rooftop, killing five at the scene, fatally wounding two and injuring dozens. He was arrested about eight hours later after an intensive manhunt. Photo of Robert Crimo dressed as a woman to escape the area of the mass shooting (WGN9) Mr Covelli earlier said the suspect had been “planning his attack for several weeks” and dressed in women’s clothing as a disguise so he could slip under the radar as he left the scene. The names of six of the seven victims have been released: Katherine Goldstein, 64, Irina McCarthy, 35, Kevin McCarthy, 37, Jacqueline Sandheim, 63, Steven Strauss, 88, and Nicola Toledo-Zaragosa, 78.
Basic points
Show latest update 1657076447
Watch: How Highland Park was filmed on the ground
Fourth of July celebrations descended into bloody chaos in the Illinois town of Highland Park when gunfire erupted over the festive music and screaming onlookers ran for their lives. Appearing to have been captured on the mobile phone of a teenage reveler, the video began by showing families sitting on the pavement, watching a band march past. But suddenly the band members broke into a run and ran in the direction of the parade route as onlookers started jumping off the ground. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 4:00 am 1657074647
Community members shocked as Robert Crimmo charged in Highland Park shooting
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering revealed she once served as a Boy Scout leader for Robert Crimmo, the 22-year-old charged with seven counts of murder in the July 4 mass shooting that left seven dead and dozens injured. Speaking to NBC’s Today Show anchor Hoda Kotb on Tuesday morning, Ms. Rotering explained that she could not say whether Mr. Crimo was known to the authorities before the Independence Day shootings, but she had known him personally several years before. when he was working as a Cub Scout leader in the area. “I know him as someone who was a Cub Scout when I was a Cub Scout leader,” Ms. Rotering said. “And it’s one of those things where you step back and say, ‘What happened?’ How did someone get so angry, so hateful to then take it out on innocent people who were literally just having a family day out?’ When pressed by the host about whether she had any specific memories of Mr. Crimo from when he was a little boy, the mayor kept her response blunt but succinct: “He was just a little boy.” Johanna Chisholm has more. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 3:30 am 1657072847
What does Robert Crimo’s ’47’ tattoo mean?
The 21-year-old suspect who opened fire at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade appears to be obsessed with the number 47. Police believe Robert “Bobby” Crimo III dressed in a wig and women’s clothing before using a high-powered rifle to fire more than 70 bullets into a crowd in suburban Chicago on Monday morning, killing six and injuring dozens. Mr. Crimo left an extensive digital footprint in which the aspiring rapper, who performed under the alter-ego Awake, frequently referred to the number 47. He also had the number tattooed on the side of his face and it was also painted on the door of a car parked outside his family home. Bevan Hurley has the details. Josh Marcus Jul 6, 2022 3:00 am 1657071047
Republicans are already spreading conspiracy theories about the Highland Park shooting
Marjorie Taylor Greene admitted to circulating a photoshopped photo as she made a series of baseless claims about the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. The Georgia representative, a first-term congresswoman known for promoting outlandish conspiracy theories, began her strange remarks hours after the shooting on Monday when she suggested that suspected gunman Robert Crimmo’s rampage could be blamed on illegal drug abuse or the side effects of common -used antidepressants. Despite the lack of publicly available evidence that Crimo was a drug user of any kind, Ms. Green took to Twitter late Monday to say that anyone who disagreed with her claims was part of a cover-up on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry. “When will we have an honest discussion about drug abuse, mental illness and SSRIs… and the deadly side effects. Are we really going to keep pretending? Or cover for Big Pharma? Because I’m done with the political works on this one [bulls***],” she wrote. SSRIs — selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors — are drugs often used as antidepressants. Andrew Feinberg has the full report. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 02:30 am 1657069247
WARNING: Highland Park official calls for assault weapons ban
Eric Rinehart, the state’s attorney for Lake County, called on Illinois and the US at large to ban assault rifles. Mr. Rinehart, a Highland Park resident, said Illinois already has a strong red flag law, but more needs to be done to prevent further gun tragedies. “All the people who died steps from here lost their freedom, all of it. Every ounce of freedom they had. The freedom to love. The freedom of learning. And the freedom to live a full life,” the state attorney said. “Their freedom also matters. We need to do more as we think and reflect on their freedom this 5th of July.” Josh Marcus Jul 6, 2022 02:00 am 1657068059
Robert Crimo: Videos of beheadings, glorification of school shootings and obsession with 47
Robert Crimo’s obsession with violence appears to have left the online world and entered the real lives of innocent families, friends and locals who had gone to watch the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park. Rachel Sharp has the details. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 1:40 am 1657066859
What we know so far about the victims of the Highland Park mass shooting
A doting grandfather, a married couple with a two-year-old son and a preschool teacher are among the seven victims fatally wounded during the Independence Day mass shooting in Highland Park. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 1:20 am 1657065659
Photo of Robert Crimo Disguised in Women’s Clothing to Escape Highland Park Shooting Appears
The Highland Park shooting suspect “planned his attack for several weeks” and donned women’s clothing as a disguise so he could flee the scene of the mass shooting where he had just killed six victims, according to law enforcement. Josh Marcus Jul 6, 2022 1:00 am 1657064747
WATCH: State police explain why they didn’t stop Robert Crimo from buying guns
Earlier today, Illinois State Police explained how Robert Crimo III was able to legally apply for a gun ownership card. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 12:45 am 1657063790
Should the officials have done more to stop Robert Crimo from getting a gun?
By the time he allegedly committed the Highland Park shooting, Robert Crimmo, 21, had five guns, including two rifles, handguns and possibly a shotgun, police said. At this stage of the investigation, officials say it appears Mr. Crimo purchased the guns legally in the Chicagoland area. That’s despite two troubling incidents in 2019, when Mr. Crimo allegedly tried to kill himself and later threatened to kill his entire family, and an Illinois “red flag” law intended to keep guns away from people at risk to become violent. Illinois State Police say that because no 2019 incidents resulted in charges, arrests or firearm seizures, they were not enough to declare a clear and present danger and deny the FOID request. Josh Marcus July 6, 2022 12:29 am
