The uncle of confessed #HighlandPark mass shooter Robert Crimo III insisted Friday that his brother “did the right thing” when he helped his son buy guns — while conceding that he would not have done so himself. “I support him 100% — I think he did the right thing,” Paul Crimo told CNN of his brother, the gunman’s dad, Robert Crimo Jr. The uncle admitted that he was “sure” that his brother “knew about” his son having been investigated for threatening to “kill everyone” in 2019, just two months before he backed the shooter’s successful bid to start buying guns while he was still just 19. The future shooter had confessed to cops at the time that he was a depressed drug user — and was flagged as a “clear and present danger.” Still, the dad soon sponsored his son’s Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card, and also reclaimed 16 knives, a 12-inch dagger and a 24-inch Samurai-style sword that concerned cops had confiscated. In his interview, uncle Crimo dismissed the warning signs over his nephew, who shared disturbing videos and artwork of guns and shootings. He maintained that his brother likely “saw no trouble when he signed” FOID card that allowed his namesake-son to start buying weapons, including the Smith & Wesson M&P 15 he used to fire more than 80 rounds during his local Fourth of July parade, killing seven and injuring dozens. Yet “if it was me, no, I wouldn’t … I probably would not have signed it,” the uncle said, flummoxed when asked to explain why. “I think the law’s gotta be tightened up,” he said. Despite his “100%” support for his brother and complete denial of any concerns for his nephew owning guns, Crimo repeatedly blamed Illinois’ laws for the future shooter’s gun-buying spree. “If somebody has a life threat, if somebody’s suicidal or if somebody’s under depression … the state should see that and not give the person a FOID card,” he said of concerns he justified his brother ignoring. He noted how his nephew “passed four background checks,” calling it proof he “seemed fit” to be a gun owner. “If he had seemed unfit then he would never have gotten the FOID card,” he said, repeating that “the laws need to be tougher.” #robertcrimo https://www.instagram.com/p/CfyWz1AO0TX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Crimo dad washes hands of guilt but talked with son about a mass shooting night before Highland Park massacre HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – The dad of the accused Fourth of July parade killer told The Post on Wednesday that his son talked about a mass shooting in Denmark the night before allegedly launching his own massacre — and the dad washed his hands of any guilt over how the suspect got his gun. The father, Robert Crimo Jr. — who has tapped one of R. Kelly’s lawyers to battle claims that he helped his mentally disturbed kid buy guns — said that the night before Monday’s shooting, he and son Robert Crimo III discussed the 22-year-old Danish man who shot and killed three people at a mall outside Copenhagen on Sunday.  “He goes, ‘Yeah, that guy is an idiot.’ That’s what he said!” the dad recalled his son saying of the Denmark shooter. The father said his son added, “People like that … [commit mass shootings] to amp up the people that want to ban all guns.” “I talked to him 13 hours before [Monday’s massacre]. That’s why I guess I’m in such shock. … Like, did he have a psychiatric break or something?” the father said of his son. On Tuesday, Steven Greenberg, who previously represented R. Kelly in the fallen singing superstar’s federal sex-trafficking case out of Brooklyn, announced that Crimo Jr. and his estranged wife, Denise, had retained him in the wake of their son’s arrest.  The father, a onetime local mayoral candidate who used to run a neighborhood sandwich shop, has faced a wave of criticism for sponsoring his son’s gun license application, which allowed Crimo III to buy four guns, including his alleged slay weapon, before age 21. #robertcrimo #highlandparkillinois #highlandparkshooting #robertcrimoiii #badparenting https://www.instagram.com/p/CfxxR0usoLd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@facebook and @google have been working non-stop to scrub the internet of photos of home grown terrorist Robert E. Crimo III and silence anyone reporting this psychopaths violent actions on July 4, 2022, a mass shooting took place during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, United States. The shooting occurred at 10:14 a.m. CDT, roughly 15 minutes after the parade had started. Seven people were killed and at least 46 others were injured. #robertcrimo #highlandparkillinois #highlandparkshooting #gunviolence #gunviolenceawareness https://www.instagram.com/p/CfrZVbcLfkh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The little boy who was found bloodied during the Highland Park parade shooting on Monday and lifted from underneath his father is left orphaned after both is parents were killed in the gruesome attack. The parents of a 2-year-old child were killed in a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, ABC News has learned. Irina McCarthy, 35, and Kevin McCarthy, 37, were among seven people killed during Monday's massacre, City Manager Ghida Neukrich told ABC News. They leave behind their son, Aiden McCarthy, who was separated from his parents during the shooting but was taken care of by members of the North Shore community. He was later reunited with his grandparents, the city manager said. Suspected gunman Robert "Bobby" Crimo III, 21, was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder on Tuesday. Crimo allegedly fired more than 70 rounds from a high-powered rifle, similar to an AR-15, into the crowd, authorities said. At least 38 people were injured in the shooting. Officials said that five people died at the scene of the massacre and one died at the hospital. A seventh victim died on Tuesday. The 21-year-old suspect faces up to life in prison without parole if convicted. https://www.gofundme.com/f/irina-and-kevin-mccarthy #robertcrimo #robertcrimoiii #robertecrimoiii #highlandpark #highlandparkil #highlandparkillinois #highlandparkillinoisshooting #gunviolence #gunviolenceawareness #AidenMcCarthy https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfp5lnlsR-J/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Suspect in connection with a mass shooting at July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, has been taken into custody Robert E. Crimo III, the suspect in a mass shooting at a parade that left six dead and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals, has been taken into custody near Lake Forest, Illinois, authorities said during a brief news conference Monday night. Authorities said Crimo was spotted by a North Chicago officer who attempted a traffic stop. Crimo led officers on a brief chase before being stopped. He was taken into custody without incident and will be transferred to the police department in Highland Park, where the deadly shooting occurred earlier Monday. Earlier, as law enforcement searched for Crimo, police had labeled him "a person of interest" and the FBI said, "He being sought for his alleged involvement in the shooting of multiple individuals at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois." The capture ended an intense manhunt across the Chicagoland area after the shooting upended Independence Day festivities in cities throughout the region. The shooting in Highland Park, about 25 miles north of Chicago, began shortly after 10 a.m. CT as parade-goers enjoyed a sunny Fourth of July parade along Central Avenue. Firearm evidence was found on the rooftop of a business near the shooting, police commander Chris O'Neill said earlier. The gunman used a ladder attached to the building on a wall in an alley to access the roof, said Christopher Covelli, spokesperson for the Lake County Major Crime Task Force. The gun was a "high-powered rifle" and the attack appeared to be "random" and "intentional," Covelli said. Authorities are working to trace the firearm to find out who purchased it and its origins, according to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spokesperson Kim Nerheim. Covelli told reporters that SWAT members and other officers have been evacuating people from buildings within a certain radius of the shooting. Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek said the five people who died at the scene were adults. One person died at a hospital, she said. #robertcrimo #robertcrimoiii #trumpsupporter #trump #robertecrimoiii https://www.instagram.com/p/CfnUowKMYOi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=