Twice in the past, law enforcement had suspected that the 22-year-old might harm himself or others. However, he was not arrested and had passed all the checks to secure a firearms license
The man accused of killing seven people at a march for the 4th of July in Highland Parknear Chicago, passed the checks required by Illinois law aimed at keeping people with violent tendencies out of possession of guns, officials revealed Tuesday.
The information raises questions about the adequacy of that legislation, despite the fact that a prosecutor praised the system as “robust” during a news conference announcing the indictment of 21-year-old Robert Crimmo the Third on seven counts of murder.
Chris Coveley of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office had pointed out earlier yesterday that Crime he legally purchased a total of five guns, including the one he used against the crowd at the parade, despite twice previously being suspected by law enforcement that he might harm himself or others.
The first time was in April 2019 when a call was made to the police, according to which Krimo tried to kill himself. In September of that year after he threatened members of his family that he would “kill them all”, the police rushed to his home.
According to Coveli, in the second incident, police seized 16 knives and a sword from Krimo’s home in Highland Park. However, they did not arrest him as they had no valid reason to do so.
“No official complaint was made by any of the victims,” ​​he explained.
Later yesterday, Illinois State Police said in a separate statement that they had received information from the Highland Park Police Department that Krimo was a “clear and active danger” following the threats he made against his relatives in 2019. .
At that time Krimo did not possess a “firearm owner identification” (FOID) card, nor had he applied for one.
In addition, state police added that neither his relatives nor anyone else “filed a lawsuit” against him but also did not “offer information about the threats (they had received) or about (Crimin’s) mental health so that law enforcement could able to take further action.”
Three months later, at age 19, Krimo applied to obtain FOID. Because no charges had been filed against him, there were no grounds to deny his application, state police explained.
Krimo passed four checks in 2020 and 2021 to obtain a gun license.
According to state police, the only offense found on Krimo’s record was illegal possession of tobacco in 2016. She added that officers who went to the police house after the threats he made in September 2019 asked Krimo “if he feels that will harm himself or others’ and he answered ‘no’.
At the same time, his father had declared that the knives found in the house were his, as a result of which the police returned them to him the same afternoon.
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