The father of the Highland Park parade shooting suspect has been charged in connection with helping his son obtain a firearm and ammunition.
The shooting suspect was 21 at the time of the attack but 19 when he bought the semiautomatic rifle and ammunition, they said. Authorities have said he sponsored the application despite previous threats by his son to harm himself and loved ones., gun purchasers 18 to 20 generally must have a parent endorse the buy, prosecutors said.
“He knew what he knew, and he signed the form anyway,” Rinehart said at a news conference Friday. “This was criminally reckless.”“This decision should alarm every single parent in the United States of America who according to the Lake County State’s Attorney knows exactly what is going on with their 19 year old adult children and can be held criminally liable for actions taken nearly three years later,” Gomez said. “These charges are absurd and we will fight them every step of the way.
Crimo Jr. turned himself in to Highland Park police Friday afternoon. A bond hearing was scheduled for Saturday.“He bought everything on his own, and they’re registered to him,” the father said. “They make me like I groomed him to do all this.”Authorities allege the shooting suspect climbed to the top of a Highland Park building, used that elevated spot as a sniper’s nest, and opened fire on people attending the town’s July Fourth parade.
Crimo Jr. is a former Highland Park mayoral candidate who has voiced support for Second Amendment protections. He co-signed that FOID application in December 2019, three months after police visited the family’s home. A relative reported that Crimo had threatened to kill family members, Illinois State Police have said.
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