The father of the Highland Park shooting suspect accused of killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade is facing recklessness charges, prosecutors announced Friday.
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"Parents and guardians are in the best position to decide whether their teenager should have a weapon. They are the first line of defense," Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said at a press conference Friday. "In this case, that system failed when Robert Crimo Jr. sponsored his son. He knew what he knew, and he signed the form anyway."His attorney, George Gomez, told CNN that the charges are “baseless and unprecedented.”
"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.
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