Robert Crimo Jr: Highland Park shooter's dad charged with reckless conduct for helping son buy firearms

Robert Crimo Jr: Highland Park shooter's dad charged with reckless conduct for helping son buy firearms
Robert Crimo Jr helped his son, Robert 'Bobby' Crimo III, in buying firearms despite the 21-year-old’s history of mental illness and threats of violence (YouTube/CBS Chicago and [email protected])

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: Robert Crimo Jr, the father of the Highland Park mass shooter was charged with seven counts of reckless conduct for assisting his son to obtain the gun that was used in the July rampage that left seven dead. Crimo Jr helped his son, Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, in buying firearms despite the 21-year-old’s history of mental illness and threats of violence, claim prosecutors. The Lake County State’s Attorney, Eric Reinhart, announced the charges and said they are related to Crimo Jr’s sponsorship of his son’s Illinois firearm owner's ID card.

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“Parents and guardians are in the best position to decide whether their teenager should have a weapon. They are the first line of defense. In this case, that system failed when Robert Crimo Jr sponsored his son,” said Reinhart, according to The Sun. “He knew what he knew, and he signed the form anyway. This was criminally reckless and a contributing cause to the bodily harm suffered by the victims on July 4th.” The father of the 21-year-old was charged with one count for each victim in the mass murder and turned himself in on Friday, December 16. He is due in bond court on Saturday.