Quick Glance: Father of Mass Shooting Suspect on Trial for Aiding Gun License
- Robert Crimo Jr. accused of helping his teenage son obtain a gun license despite threats of violence.
- Trial begins with Judge George Strickland presiding instead of a jury.
- Defense claims charges are baseless and unprecedented.
- Both sides expected to cite the son's confession as evidence.
Quick Glance: The father of a July 4th, Illinois parade shooting suspect has been charged with seven felonies.
- Robert Crimo Jr. surrendered to police on Friday, according to Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart, and will have a bond hearing on Saturday.
- By phone Friday, Chicago-area attorney George M. Gomez confirmed that he was defending Robert Crimo Jr. in the recently disclosed criminal case.
- "It was shocking, hard to imagine," Maxwell Straus remarked.
- According to Uvaldo-Mendez, his wife and grandson were also injured.
Quick Glance: Chicago: Crime appears to have been planned for weeks
- At least seven people were killed at a parade in a Chicago suburb by gunshots.
- Now, a gunman has fired seemingly indiscriminately at a throng at a national holiday parade in Chicago.
- On Monday, the guy opened fire on parade participants and bystanders in Highland Park.
- According to preliminary findings, he fired indiscriminately into the throng, according to police spokesman Chris Covelli.
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BREAKING: A 22-year-old “person of interest has been identified” following mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, authorities say. https://abcn.ws/3AxSSDM
Video captures spectators fleeing as gunfire rings out at Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
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Quick Glance: Authorities believe the Highland Park shooting suspect planned an attack in Madison.
- Crimo had driven through Madison after shooting more than 30 people in Highland Park, Illinois.
- Investigators have no evidence that the shooter intended to drive to Madison to commit another shooting after exiting Highland Park, according to Covelli.
- In a press conference Wednesday afternoon, he stated that Highland Park authorities had not specified which celebration the suspect had planned to attend, and Madison police had not been made aware of his plans until Wednesday morning.
- Covelli claimed that in April 2019, police responded to a reported suicide attempt by Crimo.
Quick Glance: Suspect in Chicago July 4 parade shooting planned attack for weeks, fled with crowd in women’s clothes
- Authorities claimed the man shot more than 70 bullets at random from a rooftop at people watching a parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on Monday, and then fled dressed in women's clothing to blend in with the panic-stricken crowd.
- After escaping the scene, the suspect drove to Wisconsin and returning to Illinois until being apprehended on Monday, according to authorities.
- Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering said the 30,000-person city was still in shock.
- "Can you tell me what happened?"
- "How did someone become so angry, so hateful?" she wondered.
HAPPENING NOW: The White House flag flies at half staff to honor the victims of the Highland Park, Illinois parade shooting. https://abcn.ws/3AwWpCr
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