Suspect in Highland Park Shooting Arrested, Posted Disturbing Videos Online
Written by SOURCE on July 5, 2022
Robert E. Crimo, the 22-year-old man who is considered a “person of interest” in the mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, has been arrested, NBC News reports. The shooting took place during a 4th of July parade
The video below shows when Crimo surrendered himself over to authorities.
After his identity was released, reports soon followed, suggesting Crimo tried his hand as a rapper and posted alarming music videos on YouTube. While we will not disclose his rap name, law enforcement officials have confirmed that Crimo’s photo matches up with the image used on the YouTube page, according to the Daily Beast.
The music video for one song shows an eerily similar depiction to Monday’s events, where a gunman, believed to be Crimo, killed six people and injured at least 31 others after opening fire from a rooftop in the direction of paradegoers. According to Deadline, the video features an animated, heavily-armed individual firing a long gun at people before lying in a pool of blood after presumably being shot by the police.
The video for another song hows Crimo inside an empty classroom in tactical gear and holding the American Flag, per the Daily Beast.
An anonymous neighbor told the outlet that Crimo’s father was a small-business owner who had an unsuccessful bid for mayor of Highland Park in 2019. The alleged neighbor said they never had an interaction with Crimo, but would usually see him driving around the neighborhood in a vehicle with “pussymobile” written on the back and blasting heavy metal music.
