Posted on 07/06/2022 1:28:29 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
The parents of the suspect who police say carried out the mass shooting in Illinois on July 4 have issued a statement for the first time since the attack.
“We are all mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, and this is a terrible tragedy for many families, the victims, the paradegoers, the community, and our own,” the parents of Robert “Bobby” Crimo III said.
“Our hearts, thoughts, and prayers go out to everybody,” they added.
The brief statement was released by Steve Greenberg, a lawyer who said the parents have hired him to represent them.
Robert Crimo, who lost a Highland Park mayoral bid in 2019, and his wife would like people to “respect their privacy as they try to sort thru this tragedy,” Greenberg said. “The parents share everyone’s desire to figure out everything that went wrong so that this doesn’t happen again, to more innocent people, children, and families,” according to Greenberg, who also said the parents are cooperating with law enforcement.
Crimo III is being represented by two other attorneys, Thomas Durkin and Josh Herman, according to Greenberg. Durkin and Herman did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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The motive is not yet apparent, officials told reporters on Tuesday. They also acknowledged that Crimo III was known to police, including an attempted suicide attempt and a warning that the man presented a “clear and present danger” in 2019. But there was not evidence to deny a Firearm Owners Identification Card (FOID) when the suspect applied for one in late 2019, the Illinois State Police said.
Under Illinois state law, a person must have a FOID to obtain a gun.
Police said Crimo III’s father sponsored his son’s application.
Greenberg on Wednesday said the police then renewed the card when Crimo III turned 21 “without any involvement from his father.”
Crimo is Italian for the more understandable Spanish Criminalo.
So the kid was upset his dad lost the race to be mare?
The only thing they need to sort out is why they didn't get their son the mental counseling he obviously needed, for years.
I think that was just poor reporting. The parents’ lawyer ran for mayor and lost, I think.
Why would a father approve a gun for his 19 year old that has already said he wanted to commit suicide?
Looking at his photos, anyone with half a brain could see something is not right with this guy. Yet the dad signed for a gun card.
On second thought, maybe I read it wrong.
Actually the kid’s father ran for mayor and lost. He also owned a sandwich shop at one time.
Denial and poor judgement.
Who wants to believe this of their own child? Things often aren’t as clearcut as some seem to think. Maybe they got him to a shrink and the shrink said the the drugs would mange him.
I think you’re right. https://www.newsweek.com/robert-crimo-father-lost-highland-park-mayor-race-gun-control-democrat-1721775
Maybe that is why the kid dressed as a mare.
press trying to rehabilitate him already
Some of the victims WERE a mother and father.
Their toddler reportedly was rescued from under his father who was bleeding out from a leg wound.
While the shooter remains alive (as does his *presumable* handler).
so was this before the cops took all his cutlery away?
Who wants to believe this of their own child? Things often aren’t as clearcut as some seem to think. Maybe they got him to a shrink and the shrink said the the drugs would mange him.
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Maybe he wasn’t so bad until he started taking the shrink’s drugs. Shooters almost always take them. Withour the drugs, maybe most wouldn’t occur.
I’ve seen suggestions that these parents may have a whole lot of legal trouble ahead of them.
When parents are in this situation, I think about the ending in “Of Mice and Men”. George and Lenny on the riverbank. Not that I would, but I don’t blame George.
I wouldn't know since I've never had a son that I loved above all things else.........
Since I've never been married or had any children, I have no idea on how children should be raised or what so called "flags" should be observed and acted upon.......
Glad to know that this site is filled with experts on parenting and could have easily prevented this tragedy if they were his parents........
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