After the July 4th shooting in a Chicago suburb, new questions have emerged about suspect Robert Crimos’ father. Besides an overall lack of care, he sponsored Robert for firearms after suicide attempts and death threats.
Prosecutors are focusing more on parents’ responsibility of recognizing warnings and providing firearms to their children. Data from the Violence Project show that “more than 50 people under the age of 25 have killed at least four people in a public setting since 1966.” According to Jillian Peterson, a co-founder of the Violence Project, a national database of mass shootings, 80 percent of mass shooting suspects had behavior changes before carrying out an attack. Depression, isolation, and quitting school or work are some common changes, changes Robert Crimo similarly had.
When suspect Robert Crimo was just under 2 in August 2002, police found him alone in a car in a Toys “R” Us parking lot while it was 79 degrees. Yet, records show “no judgment was entered in the misdemeanor child endangerment case.”. Police records from a decade ago show frequent visits from the police occurred because of arguments. By his sophomore year of high school, he dropped out. According to his classmates, he was practically invisible.
The parents of Robert Crimo deny having any knowledge of the shooting. According to the elder Crimo, sponsoring his son for a gun license was done legally. But the State Police said that he signed a document which said he “shall be liable for any damages resulting from the minor applicant’s use of firearms or firearm ammunition.”
Shootings at Oxford High School, Uvalde Elementary School, Parkland High School, Sandy Hook Elementary, a Buffalo Supermarket, and a Nashville Waffle House are some other attacks where suspects aged 15-29 have dropped hints before an attack. Some suspect’s parents feel, “we don’t think that a person in our lives could be a person who could do this.” From what the parents of Robert Crimo have said, they apparently feel the same way. But the evidence isn’t adding up.
Link to Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/10/us/highland-park-shooting-parents.html
Prosecutors are focusing more on parents’ responsibility of recognizing warnings and providing firearms to their children. Data from the Violence Project show that “more than 50 people under the age of 25 have killed at least four people in a public setting since 1966.” According to Jillian Peterson, a co-founder of the Violence Project, a national database of mass shootings, 80 percent of mass shooting suspects had behavior changes before carrying out an attack. Depression, isolation, and quitting school or work are some common changes, changes Robert Crimo similarly had.
When suspect Robert Crimo was just under 2 in August 2002, police found him alone in a car in a Toys “R” Us parking lot while it was 79 degrees. Yet, records show “no judgment was entered in the misdemeanor child endangerment case.”. Police records from a decade ago show frequent visits from the police occurred because of arguments. By his sophomore year of high school, he dropped out. According to his classmates, he was practically invisible.
The parents of Robert Crimo deny having any knowledge of the shooting. According to the elder Crimo, sponsoring his son for a gun license was done legally. But the State Police said that he signed a document which said he “shall be liable for any damages resulting from the minor applicant’s use of firearms or firearm ammunition.”
Shootings at Oxford High School, Uvalde Elementary School, Parkland High School, Sandy Hook Elementary, a Buffalo Supermarket, and a Nashville Waffle House are some other attacks where suspects aged 15-29 have dropped hints before an attack. Some suspect’s parents feel, “we don’t think that a person in our lives could be a person who could do this.” From what the parents of Robert Crimo have said, they apparently feel the same way. But the evidence isn’t adding up.
Link to Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/10/us/highland-park-shooting-parents.html
