Father of July 4th parade mass shooting suspect to stand trial for assist in gun license application

(3 Nov 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Waukegan, Illinois -- 3 November 2023
1. Various STILLS of Robert E. Crimo Jr. during a final pre-trial hearing

ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Highland Park, Illinois - 4 July 2022
2. Police officers outside home of Robert E. Crimo III
3. Scene of shooting
4. Abandoned children's bike on town center
5. Police tape with police cars with flashing lights in background

ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Waukegan, Illinois -- 11 September 2023
6. Various STILLS of Robert E. Crimo III from court hearing

ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Highland Park, Illinois - 6 July 2022
7. Various of memorial with flowers
8. Various of law enforcement officers near shooting scene
STORYLINE:
The father of a man charged in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago will stand trial starting Monday accused of helping his teenage son obtain a gun license even after he had threatened violence.

Robert Crimo Jr. is charged with seven counts of reckless conduct — one for each person his son, Robert Crimo III, is accused of killing in Highland Park on Independence Day last year. Each count carries a maximum three-year prison term.

In 2019, at the age of 19, Crimo III was too young to apply for his own gun license, but he could apply with the sponsorship of a parent or guardian. His father sponsored his application, even though just months earlier a relative reported to police that Crimo III had a collection of knives and had threatened to “kill everyone.”

Crimo Jr. was arrested in December 2022, and pleaded not guilty this year to seven counts of reckless conduct. He waived his right to a jury trial, meaning Judge George Strickland will hear evidence and issue a verdict.

Defense attorney George Gomez has called the charges against Crimo Jr. “baseless and unprecedented.”

Anti-gun violence advocates say they are encouraged that police and prosecutors are investigating anyone who may have contributed to the attack, but legal experts say criminal liability can be hard to prove against a shooter's parent or guardian.

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