The shooter who allegedly killed seven people at the Highland Park, Ill., Independence Day parade had two prior interactions with police but was not placed on the red flag list that would have prevented him from buying the guns used in the attack.
Chris Covelli, spokesperson for the Lake County Major Crime Task Force, said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference that 21-year-old Robert Crimo III had the police called on him twice in 2019. Crimo was arrested late Monday after fleeing police following a morning shooting that authorities say he had been planning for several weeks.
“Spokesperson did not explain why he wasn’t flagged to prevent the future issuance of a FOID card,” Bradley added.that his social media posts included"tributes to mass shootings." He also performed as a rapper named Awake, whose music videos included depictions of mass murder. Covelli said those posts and videos were not reported to the police.
At a press conference earlier Tuesday, Covelli said during the attack Crimo was “dressed in women’s clothing and investigators believed he did this to conceal his facial tattoos and his identity and help him during the escape,” Covelli said. “He was seen on video camera in women’s clothing.” Police said he then dropped the rifle, which he had legally purchased in Illinois, left the roof, joining the crowd fleeing the scene, and walked to his mother's home.
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