Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade
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Suspect Was Disguised as a Woman, Police Say
Police said a 21-year-old man disguised himself as a woman as he carried out a carefully planned attack on a Fourth of July parade that left six people dead and 34 injured in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
The suspect was taken into custody Monday evening and identified as Robert E. Crimo III. Charges are pending as police investigate the attack, said Chris Covelli, spokesman for the major crimes task force in surrounding Lake County.
“Crimo was dressed in a woman’s clothing and investigators do believe he did this to conceal his identity and help blend in with other people who were fleeing the chaos,” Mr. Covelli said.
Mr. Covelli said Mr. Crimo, who authorities had earlier said was 22 years old, planned the attack for several weeks and legally purchased a high-powered rifle in the greater Chicago area that he allegedly abandoned at the scene. The rifle was one of four firearms the gunman bought legally and recently, according to two law-enforcement officials familiar with the investigation.
Mr. Crimo climbed onto the roof of a building using a fire-escape ladder and fired more than 70 rounds during the attack, Mr. Covelli said. He escaped down the ladder before police could apprehend him, Mr. Covelli said, and made his way to his mother’s nearby house, where he borrowed her car.
Mr. Covelli said an alert citizen saw Mr. Crimo driving in his mother’s Honda Fit on a nearby road Monday evening and called 911, leading to his arrest.
Mr. Crimo was an aspiring rapper who used the stage name Awake the Rapper, according to videos viewed by The Wall Street Journal. In one video, since taken down by YouTube, Mr. Crimo sings, “I know what I have to do.” The video is accompanied by drawings of a person pointing a rifle at another person with his hands up. Another scene shows a drawing of a man bleeding from a chest wound.
Gio Montenegro, who lives near Mr. Crimo’s residence in Highwood, a suburb north of Highland Park, described Mr. Crimo as a loner and antisocial. He said he would ride around the neighborhood on an electric bike blasting techno music on a speaker wearing a black helmet, goggles covering his eyes, a black mask and black clothing. “He didn’t speak to anyone,” Mr. Montenegro said.
Mr. Crimo’s father is well-known and respected, said Mr. Montenegro. He owned a deli in Highland Park and once ran for mayor. Mr. Crimo’s uncle told reporters that he saw his nephew the day before the shooting. “There were no signs that I saw that would make him do this,” Paul Crimo told CNN on Monday after his nephew was taken into custody in connection with the shooting.
Police said a 21-year-old man disguised himself as a woman as he carried out a carefully planned attack on a Fourth of July parade that left six people dead and 34 injured in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
If she identifies as a woman, then the clothes were not a disguise. The cruel disguise was, in fact, the penis she was born with.
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Suspect Was Disguised as a Woman, Police Say
Police said a 21-year-old man disguised himself as a woman as he carried out a carefully planned attack on a Fourth of July parade that left six people dead and 34 injured in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
The suspect was taken into custody Monday evening and identified as Robert E. Crimo III. Charges are pending as police investigate the attack, said Chris Covelli, spokesman for the major crimes task force in surrounding Lake County.
“Crimo was dressed in a woman’s clothing and investigators do believe he did this to conceal his identity and help blend in with other people who were fleeing the chaos,” Mr. Covelli said.
Mr. Covelli said Mr. Crimo, who authorities had earlier said was 22 years old, planned the attack for several weeks and legally purchased a high-powered rifle in the greater Chicago area that he allegedly abandoned at the scene. The rifle was one of four firearms the gunman bought legally and recently, according to two law-enforcement officials familiar with the investigation.
Mr. Crimo climbed onto the roof of a building using a fire-escape ladder and fired more than 70 rounds during the attack, Mr. Covelli said. He escaped down the ladder before police could apprehend him, Mr. Covelli said, and made his way to his mother’s nearby house, where he borrowed her car.
Mr. Covelli said an alert citizen saw Mr. Crimo driving in his mother’s Honda Fit on a nearby road Monday evening and called 911, leading to his arrest.
Mr. Crimo was an aspiring rapper who used the stage name Awake the Rapper, according to videos viewed by The Wall Street Journal. In one video, since taken down by YouTube, Mr. Crimo sings, “I know what I have to do.” The video is accompanied by drawings of a person pointing a rifle at another person with his hands up. Another scene shows a drawing of a man bleeding from a chest wound.
Gio Montenegro, who lives near Mr. Crimo’s residence in Highwood, a suburb north of Highland Park, described Mr. Crimo as a loner and antisocial. He said he would ride around the neighborhood on an electric bike blasting techno music on a speaker wearing a black helmet, goggles covering his eyes, a black mask and black clothing. “He didn’t speak to anyone,” Mr. Montenegro said.
Mr. Crimo’s father is well-known and respected, said Mr. Montenegro. He owned a deli in Highland Park and once ran for mayor. Mr. Crimo’s uncle told reporters that he saw his nephew the day before the shooting. “There were no signs that I saw that would make him do this,” Paul Crimo told CNN on Monday after his nephew was taken into custody in connection with the shooting.
@George-K said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
Suspect Was Disguised as a Woman, Police Say
Police said a 21-year-old man disguised himself as a woman as he carried out a carefully planned attack on a Fourth of July parade that left six people dead and 34 injured in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
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@Jolly said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
Fucked up
Yes, but the thought of disguising yourself as a
womanvagina ownermenstruating personovary ownersomeone who would blend in was probably a good idea."Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Jolly said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
Fucked up
Yes, but the thought of disguising yourself as a
womanvagina ownermenstruating personovary ownersomeone who would blend in was probably a good idea. -
BTW, was it ever determined if he was Antifa or a sympathizer?
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@Jolly said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
Fucked up
Yes, but the thought of disguising yourself as a
womanvagina ownermenstruating personovary ownersomeone who would blend in was probably a good idea.@George-K said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
@Jolly said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
Fucked up
Yes, but the thought of disguising yourself as a
womanvagina ownermenstruating personovary ownersomeone who would blend in was probably a good idea.Worked for Jeff Davis, right Jolly?
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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@George-K said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
@Jolly said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
Fucked up
Yes, but the thought of disguising yourself as a
womanvagina ownermenstruating personovary ownersomeone who would blend in was probably a good idea.Worked for Jeff Davis, right Jolly?
@jon-nyc said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
@George-K said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
@Jolly said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
Fucked up
Yes, but the thought of disguising yourself as a
womanvagina ownermenstruating personovary ownersomeone who would blend in was probably a good idea.Worked for Jeff Davis, right Jolly?
Not as I remember.
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@Jolly said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
BTW, was it ever determined if he was Antifa or a sympathizer?
The interviews I heard this morning indicated that he didn't seem to have a political ideology.
I was only joking
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Why do mass shootings appear to be so much more common in the USA?
I know there are examples of it happening elsewhere, but it certainly seems like this is particularly a problem here.
It seems like this is an important question to ask. Other countries have isolation, overcrowding, poor nutrition and so on.
I was only joking
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I only could stand about 4 minutes of it, but Carlson went on a rant blaming Prozac and other SSRIs.
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I only could stand about 4 minutes of it, but Carlson went on a rant blaming Prozac and other SSRIs.
@George-K said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
I only could stand about 4 minutes of it, but Carlson went on a rant blaming Prozac and other SSRIs.
Yeah, there isn't a single topic in the world that guy isn't a fucking expert on.
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@George-K said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
I only could stand about 4 minutes of it, but Carlson went on a rant blaming Prozac and other SSRIs.
Yeah, there isn't a single topic in the world that guy isn't a fucking expert on.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
@George-K said in Mass shooting at Highland Park 4th parade:
I only could stand about 4 minutes of it, but Carlson went on a rant blaming Prozac and other SSRIs.
Yeah, there isn't a single topic in the world that guy isn't a fucking expert on.
Yeah, but sometimes he's right.
Is he right about the drugs?
