USA: Update (1950ET): The suspected gunman who killed 7 people in the Independence Day parade attack in suburban Chicago legally bought two high-powered rifles and three other weapons, despite having had knives confiscated in 2019 after he threatened suicide and violence, according to police.
21-year-old Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder on Tuesday for the shooting, and “dozens of more charges” are anticipated according to Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart.
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The death toll in Monday’s 4th of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois has risen to seven, after more than 70 shots were fired into the crowd.
According to a Tuesday statement by police, the shooter – believed to be Robert Crimo III – was able to initially evade capture by dressing as a woman to blend into the fleeing crowd.
WGN Investigates has obtained an image of the suspected parade shooter dressed as a woman. Police say he wore the disguise to aid in his escape. https://t.co/KwPtulXno3 @WGNNews pic.twitter.com/GniP3CLBNA
— Ben Bradley (@BenBradleyTV) July 5, 2022
During a Tuesday morning press conference, Christopher Covelli, Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman, said that 21-year-old Robert “Bobby” Crimo III purchased the rifle used in the mass shooting through legal means. He was arrested approximately eight hours after the shooting, while a second gun was found in his car following the arrest.
According to Highland Park Police Commander Chris O’Neill, the gunman was perched on a rooftop and was “very difficult to see,” adding that the rifle was recovered at the scene, along with a ladder attached to the building.
Crimo reportedly planned the attack weeks in advance according to police (or anyone who watched his music video depicting a mass shooting). There is no indication that the shooting was racially motivated.
Crimo, who goes by the name Bobby, was an aspiring rapper with the stage name Awake the Rapper, posting on social media dozens videos and songs, some ominous and violent.
In one animated video since taken down by YouTube, Crimo raps about armies “walking in darkness” as a drawing appears of a man pointing a rifle, a body on the ground and another figure with hands up in the distance. –Press Herald
Federal agents are reviewing his internet footprint – while a preliminary examination of his internet history suggests he was researching mass killings, a law enforcement official said.
Crimo also ‘liked’ several tweets advocating for the imprisonment of pro-J6 Republicans, with the hashtag “ArrestThemAll.”
CNN, meanwhile, is taking this whole thing very seriously.
Witness: “There was a body about 8ft from where we were standing… that body was in a pool of blood…”
CNN host: *smiles and laughs* pic.twitter.com/M05FgxruQK
— R.J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) July 5, 2022
by Tyler Durden
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