Highland Park Shooter's Uncle Says He Saw No Warning Signs

The uncle of Robert E. Crimo III, the suspected Highland Park mass shooter, says he saw NO warning signs that his nephew was capable of his alleged shooting rampage......




And yet:


In April 2019, local police had gone to the family home after receiving a report Crimo had tried to take his own life using a machete a week prior, according to a police report of the well-being check visit.

Then, in September 2019, Highland Park Police went to Crimo's home after a family member reported that he had said he was going to kill everyone, according to another police report.

In a news release, Illinois State Police officials said Crimo in December 2019 applied for a FOID (Firearm Owner's ID) card that was sponsored by his father.

"The subject was under 21 (he was 19) and the application was sponsored by the subject's father. Therefore, at the time of FOID application review in January of 2020, there was insufficient basis to establish a clear and present danger and deny the FOID application," state police said.

[Chris] Covelli [spokesperson for the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force] said later that the suspect bought five guns, including two rifles, after the September visit from police.


Crimo also posted violent imagery online:


The suspected shooter posted music on several major streaming platforms under the pseudonym Awake the Rapper, and he apparently made and posted music videos online featuring ominous lyrics and animated scenes of gun violence.

In one video entitled "Are you Awake," a cartoon animation of a stick-figure shooter resembling the suspect's appearance is seen wearing tactical gear and carrying out an attack with a rifle. Crimo, seen with multicolored hair and face tattoos, narrates, "I need to just do it. It is my destiny."

In another video entitled "Toy Soldier," a similar stick-figure resembling the suspect is depicted lying face down on the floor in a pool of his own blood, surrounded by police officers with their guns drawn.



Police confiscated a collection of bladed items -- 16 knives, a dagger and a "Samurai type blade" that were in Crimo's closet.

The suspect legally purchased the weapon he used in Monday's shooting, Covelli said Tuesday, describing it as a "high-powered rifle" that shot high-velocity rounds. The weapon, which he described as "similar to an AR-15," was purchased locally.

Crimo also legally purchased a second rifle found in his vehicle at the time he was apprehended, as well as other guns recovered from his home, which Covelli described as pistols.





[Suspected Highland Park Shooter] Robert E. Crimo III Is Seen Being Arrested 7/4/2022






Gun Found In Robert Crimo's Car After His Arrest Monday




So........you have a young adult collecting MANY deadly weapons (including multiple high-powered firearms), who not only threatened suicide in one incident, and another where he threatened "to kill everyone", multiple calls to and responses by the police, and a father who (apparently) had no second thoughts about sponsoring his son's Firearm Owner's ID given all this.......and NO other members of his family who were smart enough to see ANY warning signs among ALL these red flags ??   


Yes, VERY easy for the rest of us to "connect all the dots" AFTER the fact........but didn't the people in this guy's family ever consider that this nut might just as easily have taken his anger out on some/all of them, rather than the innocent people he didn't even know ??    




www.cnn.com/2022/07/05/us/robert-e-crimo-highland-park-suspect/index.html







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