{"id":1542201,"date":"2022-07-06T21:49:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T01:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1542201"},"modified":"2022-07-06T21:49:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T01:49:27","slug":"alleged-parade-shooters-dad-talked-with-him-about-shootings-before-tragedy-son-gave-reason-for-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alleged-parade-shooters-dad-talked-with-him-about-shootings-before-tragedy-son-gave-reason-for-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged Parade Shooter\u2019s Dad Talked With Him About Shootings Before Tragedy, Son Gave Reason For Shootings"},"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\">32<\/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%2Falleged-parade-shooters-dad-talked-with-him-about-shootings-before-tragedy-son-gave-reason-for-shootings%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=1542201&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>The father of the Highland Park parade shooting suspect insisted Wednesday that he intends to \u201chold [his] head up high\u201d despite questions about his own role in helping his son buy guns and a cryptic conversation they had on the eve to the massacre.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is not naming the suspect, who is accused of killing seven and wounding dozens, in keeping with a policy to deprive mass killers of the notoriety\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/why-daily-wire-will-no-longer-publish-names-or-ben-shapiro\">studies<\/a>\u00a0show they crave. But the 21-year-old\u2019s\u00a0father <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/06\/highland-park-shooter-robert-crimo-father-speaks-about-son\/\">said<\/a>\u00a0he spoke with his son the night before the shooting about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/denmark-mall-shooting-leaves-several-people-injured-killed-in-location-near-harry-styles-concert-venue\">recent mass shooting<\/a> in a Copenhagen shopping mall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe goes, \u2018Yeah, that guy is an idiot,&#8217;\u201d the father said, adding that his son declared, \u201cPeople like that \u2026 [commit mass shootings] to amp up the people that want to ban all guns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was able to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/officials-reveal-how-highland-park-shooter-was-able-to-buy-guns-despite-threatening-to-kill-everyone\">purchase the firearms<\/a>\u00a0used in the attack because his father co-signed his Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card, which gun owners must have in Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation comes after local law enforcement officials divulged that the suspect had already been on law enforcement\u2019s radar due to a pair of incidents in 2019, including the suspect attempting suicide followed by an alleged threat to \u201ckill everyone\u201d several months later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time of the incident, [the suspect] did not have a FOID card to revoke, and did not have a pending FOID application to deny,\u201d Fox 32\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/highland-park-shooting-police-to-provide-update-after-7th-victim-dies-in-parade-shooting\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThen, in December 2019, at 19, [the suspect] applied for a FOID card and was sponsored by his father. At the time, [Illinois State Police] said there were insufficient bases to establish a clear and present danger and deny the application.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The father took no responsibility for the weapons that his son acquired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe bought everything on his own, and they\u2019re registered to him,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know, he drove there, he ordered them, he picked them up, they did his background check on each one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey make me like I groomed him to do all this,\u201d the father continued, referring to those who said of those who are criticizing him for co-signing the FOID card. \u201cI\u2019ve been here my whole life, and I\u2019m gonna stay here, hold my head up high, because I didn\u2019t do anything wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The father said that he wants a \u201clong\u201d prison sentence for his son, adding, \u201cThat\u2019s life. You know you have consequences for actions. He made a choice. He didn\u2019t have to do that. I think there\u2019s mental illness there, obviously. \u2026 I didn\u2019t see a lot of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The father of the Highland Park parade shooting suspect insisted Wednesday that he intends to \u201chold [his] head up high\u201d despite questions about his own role in helping his son buy guns and a cryptic conversation they had on the eve to the massacre. 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