Father of Highland Park shooter pleads not guilty to felony

The father of a man accused of murder at a Highland Park parade on July 4 pleaded not guilty to felony charges Thursday, CBS News Chicago reported. Robert Crimo, Jr.’s guilty plea came a day after a grand jury indicted him on seven counts of reckless behavior in each of the seven people who died in the massacre. Each count carries a three-year prison sentence.

“Parents who help their children obtain military weapons have a moral and legal responsibility when those children harm others with these weapons,” Lake County Attorney Eric Rinehart said in a statement to CBS News.

Prosecutors said he helped his son Robert Crimo III obtain a gun license years before the Highland Park shooting, despite the then 19-year-old’s threat of violence. A grand jury indicted Robert “Bobby” Crimo III on 21 counts of first-degree murder, 48 counts of attempted murder, and 48 counts of aggravated battery, representing seven people killed and dozens injured in an assault on a loved one. holiday event in Highland Park.

Lake County State Attorney Eric Rinehart said the charges against the father are based on him sponsoring his son’s December 2019 gun license application. In Illinois, 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds can only get firearms. Owner’s ID with parental sponsorship, reports CBS Chicago.

While parents are relatively rarely charged with mass shootings by their children, prosecutors have filed charges in high-profile cases in the United States. The parents of Oxford, Michigan school shooting accused Ethan Crumbley face multiple manslaughter charges for buying him a gun before he allegedly killed four students. The father of the Waffle House shooter, Travis Reinking, was found guilty of returning the gun to his son. reported to WSMVwho then killed four people in a Nashville Tennesse restaurant.

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