{"id":1538843,"date":"2022-07-04T22:36:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T02:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1538843"},"modified":"2022-07-04T22:36:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T02:36:26","slug":"heres-what-we-know-about-the-alleged-highland-park-parade-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-we-know-about-the-alleged-highland-park-parade-shooter\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s What We Know About The Alleged Highland Park Parade Shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fheres-what-we-know-about-the-alleged-highland-park-parade-shooter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1538843&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An Independence Day celebration turned into a deadly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/shooting-sends-4th-of-july-parade-into-chaos-multiple-feared-injured-or-dead\/\">mass shooting<\/a> on Monday in Highland Park, Illinois, which left at least six people dead and 30 others hospitalized, leading to authorities identifying and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/person-of-interest-named-in-july-4-parade-massacre-in-highland-park\/\">arresting<\/a> a 22-year-old suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Previous articles included the suspect\u2019s name because he was still at large, but due to The Daily Wire\u2019s policy against publishing the names of mass shooters, his name will be redacted in all future stories.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect opened fire from a suburban Chicago rooftop that sent hundreds of parade-goers fleeing the scene leaving behind personal belongings like chairs, strollers, and bicycles, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was very random, very intentional, and a very sad day,\u201d Sgt. Christopher Covelli, of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force, during a press update.<\/p>\n<p>Police recovered a \u201chigh-powered rifle\u201d on the unsecured rooftop of a local business.<\/p>\n<p>Before authorities took the suspect into custody, he was considered armed and dangerous until FBI agents spotted him at home in Highwood, Illinois, where neighbors said he lives with his family.<\/p>\n<p>A poster released by the FBI said the person of interest is a white male weighing 120 pounds and standing 5\u201911\u201d tall. With a thin frame, the suspect also has brown hair with several tattoos, including four tally marks with a line running through them on his right cheek, red rose and green leaves on his neck, and cursive script about his left eyebrow.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the suspect had a YouTube page under the handle \u201cAwake the Rapper.\u201d One <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%22Robert%20%22Bobby%22%20E.%20Crimo%20III%22&#038;src=trend_click&#038;pt=1544107635644973056&#038;vertical=trends\">video<\/a> that has raised Twitter users\u2019 eyebrows shows a pencil drawing of a person gunning down a crowd in between a montage of shots featuring the suspect backed by cinematic-like music.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/haunting-youtube-video-featuring-suspect-appears-to-warn-of-highland-park-july-4-mass-shooting-attack?utm_campaign=64483\">The Post Millennial<\/a> recovered a second video allegedly from the suspect where he recites a poem that frequently repeats he is \u201clike a sleepwalker\u201d that \u201ccan\u2019t be stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post has been taken down since the time of his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Photo evidence on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheInsiderPaper\/status\/1544107902578724864?s=20&#038;t=ueIe9Urh6UQbplkC02K_1g\">social media<\/a> displays law enforcement holding the suspect wearing a black long-sleeve shirt, a red undershirt, and black pants, handcuffed and held face-down on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Other documentation of the suspect shows him wearing a Trump flag around his neck, wearing a black hat with FBI embroidered in white, and smoking Camel cigarettes. He can also be seen at a Trump parade, where he was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JennywasJenny\/status\/1544126657191198720\">dressed<\/a> like \u201cWaldo\u201d from the \u201cWhere\u2019s Waldo\u201d cartoon book series.<\/p>\n<p>However, a Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1544113113724698624\">account<\/a> using the alleged suspect\u2019s artist name scrolls through what posts he \u201cliked\u201d on the platform \u2014 most of which indicate support for arresting Trump supporters who protested the results of the 2020 Presidential Election and rioted at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>One of the Highland Park shooting suspect\u2019s uncles told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/illinois-shooting-july-fourth-parade-07-04-22\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> his nephew showed no warning signs that would lead him to believe he would become a mass shooter.<\/p>\n<p>He told CNN he never saw him engage in any violence or concerning behavior, adding he was unaware of his nephew\u2019s political views.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a quiet kid,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s usually on his own. He\u2019s a lonely, quiet person. He keeps everything to himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN reported that the suspect lives in an apartment behind the house owned by his father. To his uncle\u2019s knowledge, he never saw the suspect with friends at his apartment.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect\u2019s uncle reportedly told CNN his nephew wasn\u2019t working, though he worked at Panera Bread before the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The uncle also said the suspect was active on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>He saw his nephew on Sunday night for the last time when he was sitting on a recliner in the house, looking at his computer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything was as normal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users have also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouAye_\/status\/1544112537578373120\">posted<\/a> the suspect\u2019s last Facebook post from May 29, 2021, which says, \u201cYou\u2019re all sinners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Independence Day celebration turned into a deadly mass shooting on Monday in Highland Park, Illinois, which left at least six people dead and 30 others hospitalized, leading to authorities identifying and arresting a 22-year-old suspect. 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