“Mass Shooting”

Robert Crimo III is part of a troubling trend among mass shooters

Before law enforcement released his name to the press, Robert Crimo, III — or his digital persona — was a largely ignored figure on the internet. The 22-year-old was a SoundCloud rapper who went by the name “Awake”, whose music went virtually unnoticed. But since the Highland Park shooting, it has been played for tens of thousands of people all over the nation. His apocalyptic clichés, odd filming locations, and the meaningless symbols he’d chosen to tattoo onto his face were all analysed by amateurs and professionals alike. It was just the sort of attention he’d always craved.

A teacher who survived the mass shooting recounts the harrowing attack and desperate wait for a rescue.

UVALDE, Texas — The first shots came from the hallway outside the classroom. Arnulfo Reyes, a fourth-grade teacher at Robb Elementary School, quickly remembered the active shooter training he had rehearsed so many times and told his 11 students to lie under their desks and “act like you are asleep.”

A black shadow appeared at one of the classroom doors and a plume of fire flared from the tip of what looked like a rifle. Mr. Reyes felt a bullet piercing his arm, tearing off a chunk of flesh and bone. Then the gunman turned on the children. The rampage was so brutal and so swift, the teacher said, that he did not hear a single whimper from them as their bodies were shredded.

Have societal valorization of victimhood and the rise of “grievance industries” contributed to mass shootings like the one in Highland Park?

The 21-year-old alleged perpetrator of the mass shooting at a Highland Park, Illinois Independence Day parade, which left seven dead and dozens injured, is apparently cooperating with police, who remain unsure as to his motive. Police apprehended the suspect, Robert E. Crimo III, without incident as he tried to flee the scene while attired in women’s clothing. Lake County state’s attorney Eric Rinehart charged Crimo, who fired some 70 rounds from an AR-style rifle, with seven counts of first-degree murder. If convicted, he faces a mandatory life sentence.

Highland Park shooter Bobby Crimo III reportedly tried to kill himself at least twice in front of friends – only for his father to allegedly block a concerned local who flagged his suicidal tendencies in a private Facebook message.

Former friends and parents have now revealed the lonely child experienced a ‘downward spiral’ and had attempted suicide and talked about overdosing.

A mother of two of Crimo’s skatepark friends, who asked to remain anonymous, said the 21-year-old used to come to her home often in 2016 and 2017.

Confessed Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo III admitted to cops three years ago that he was a depressed teenage drug user when quizzed about threatening to “kill everyone” in his family, newly released documents show.

A Highland Park police report details why the then-18-year-old alleged shooter was flagged as a “clear and present danger” in 2019 — just a few months before his dad helped him start amassing the arsenal he allegedly used to kill seven and injure dozens at his local Fourth of July parade.

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‘Death to America’: Highland Park gunman’s comments kinda sorta totally problematic for those claiming he’s a Trumper

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 launching his own massacre — and 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 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 of 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.

Highland Park shooter Bobby Crimo appeared in court on Wednesday morning to be charged with multiple counts of murder as prosecutors shared more details of his deadly rampage.

Crimo, 21, spoke softly to tell the court that he did not have a lawyer, and to ask for a public defender. He was dressed in all-black, wore his long dark hair draped over one eye and shifted on his feet as he appeared via Zoom from a room in the Lake County Jail.

He was denied bond by Judge Theodore S. Potkonjak, and will remain in custody until his next court date on July 25th.

The parents of Highland Park shooter Robert ‘Bobby’ Crimo III, 21, have finally spoken out about their son’s heinous actions – and branded them a ‘tragedy’ – after it emerged the shooter’s dad helped him buy a gun despite cops earlier removing a weapon from him.

Bob Crimo and his wife, Denise, said in a brief statement: ‘We are all mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, and this is a terrible tragedy for many families, the victims, the paradegoers, the community, and our own. Our hearts, thoughts, and prayers go out to everybody.’

But it emerged on Tuesday that Bob Crimo had sponsored his killer son’s application for a gun permit in 2020, even after the murderer had threatened to kill himself and his family.

Not all mass shooters are inspired by Trump or Antifa

Every time an evil man steps out onto American streets (or into schools, churches, et cetera) and sprays enough bullets to earn his status among mass rather than normal shooters, there is a plainly undignified rush to determine his political beliefs.

Mass shooters can be political animals. Dylann Roof, for example, was a seething white supremacist. Micah Xavier Johnson was a black nationalist. Omar Mateen represented militant Islam.

The rush is necessary in light of the media’s desire to memory hole incidents that run counter to the preferred Liberal-Left narrative.

The example of Omar Mateen cited by the author is a case in point, the preferred media deflection is to classify the attack as “homophobia” and not as an act of “Islamist” terror. The media exploit whichever “victimhood” advances the narrative and ideally hurts the “Right.”

A man suspected of killing six people at a 4 July parade near Chicago planned the attack for weeks, police say.

Law enforcement believe that Robert Crimo III, 21, legally bought the high-powered rifle he used in the attack.

The suspect is believed to have disguised himself in women’s clothing to escape the scene with the fleeing crowd, officials added.

"We do believe [Highland Park shooter] Crimo pre-planned this attack for several weeks … The rifle was purchased in Illinois and the information we have thus far is that it appears to have been purchased legally."

— Lake County Sergeant Chris Covelli on July 4th mass shooting pic.twitter.com/k3oKey2FRX

— The Recount (@therecount) July 5, 2022

Lake County Sergeant Chris Covelli on July 4th mass shooting: "At this point, we have not developed a motive."

Reporter: "We've seen disturbing videos online, were warning signs missed?"

Covelli: "We are reviewing those … we'll look at them, and we'll see what they reveal." pic.twitter.com/fMmKuPMufj

— The Recount (@therecount) July 5, 2022

The moment that suspected shooter Robert E. Crimo, 22, was arrested, after an attack on a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, has gone viral.

The shooting at the Independence Day parade in the Chicago suburb left at least six dead and more than two dozen injured.

BREAKING: New video in showing the apparent arrest of Crimo in Lake Forest. 🎥: Ryan Lerman@ABC7Chicago pic.twitter.com/RjIjTF3Z4y

— Tre Ward ABC 7 (@TreWardTV) July 4, 2022

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A gunman who killed three people when he opened fire in a crowded shopping mall acted alone and apparently selected his victims at random, Danish police said Monday, all but ruling out that the attack was an “act of terrorism.”

Police have not identified a motive for Sunday’s attack inside one of Scandinavia’s biggest shopping centers. A suspect carrying a rifle and knife was quickly arrested, and Copenhagen chief police inspector Søren Thomassen said the 22-year-old Danish man also had access to another gun.

He said the firearms were obtained illegally and that the suspect was known to mental health services but gave no further details on either.

If you’ve been following the story of the mass shooting and ensuing police debacle in Uvalde, Texas, you probably remember Angeli Rose Gomez. She is the mother of two sons who attended the school and who received a call while working on a nearby ranch when the attack began. She dropped everything and rushed to the school to save her children, only to be detained and handcuffed by the police when she attempted to go inside. She was not having any of it. Shortly after that, she escaped and entered the school anyway, getting both of her kids out of there.