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Highland Park Shooter's Father Defends Giving Son Access To Guns
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12:09Now PlayingAfter the Highland Park shooting in Illinois on July 4 2022 the shooter's father, Robert Crimo Jr., remains unbothered by an investigation into him sponsoring his son's application for a firearm owner's ID card. John Iadarola and Ben Carollo break it down on The Damage Report.
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Highland Park Shooter’s Father Claims Son Has ‘Good Morals,’ Not Worried About Investigation Into How He Helped Him Get His Gun
"The father of the confessed Highland Park shooter said his family was shocked by his son’s actions, and he seemed unconcerned by the possibility of being held liable for the role he played in helping his son get a gun.
Robert Crimo Jr. gave an interview to ABC 7 Chicago where he said his family was taken by “complete surprise” after his son, Robert Crimo III, killed 7 people and wounded dozens more with a rifle during a Fourth of July parade. The elder Crimo said his son’s actions were “even more [surprising] because I think, three, three days before the fourth, my wife had asked him, ‘hey, do you have any plans for the fourth?’ And he simply said, ‘no.'”
ABC 7 Chicago reports that Crimo told them he wasn’t worried that the Illinois State Police is investigating his culpability after sponsoring his son’s application for a firearm owners identification card in 2019. Crimo’s son left an online trail showing a fascination with violence and death before the shooting, and his father’s sponsorship came after his son had run-ins with the police that year and had an assortment of knives confiscated."
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