BBC News).According to officials, the attacker targeted attendees of the parade at random with a high-powered rifle. It’s said that 24 people were also taken to hospital.Police later named a suspect as Robert E Crimo III, who they considered to be armed and dangerous.
Crimo has since been taken into custody in Lake Forest, Illinois following a brief police pursuit last night, per Consequence Of Sound.As COS notes, Crimo has a small cult following as a rapper; at least two of his tracks have registered over one million streams on Spotify.
In one song that was released last year, he fantasises about a mass shooting and being killed by police.It is said that the release’s accompanying video sees Crimo posing in a school classroom with ammunition.Highland Park Police are responding to an incident in downtown Highland Park.
Fourth Fest has been canceled. Please avoid downtown Highland Park. More information will be shared as it becomes available.— Nancy Rotering (@NancyRotering) July 4, 2022Jill and I are shocked by the senseless gun violence that has yet again brought grief to an American community this Independence Day.
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