After shots were fired about 10 minutes into the Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, the crowd reportedly panicked.
An active shooter has allegedly been seen in the park. A Fourth of July procession in Illinois received at least 25 gunshots; a reporter spotted five persons with gunshot wounds.
According to reports, the parade took place at 10 a.m. and was stopped after roughly ten minutes, injuring multiple spectators and frightening hundreds of people fleeing for their lives.
The alleged shooter was peacefully arrested on U.S. 41 in Lake Forest more than eight hours after he shot at paradegoers in Highland Park with a “high-powered weapon,” killing six people and injuring many more.
Highland Park Parade Shooter Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III- Is He Arrested?
The shooter, Robert “Bobby” E. Crime III, was arrested at Westleigh Road in Lake Forest on U.S. 41. He was pursued for a brief period after being seen by a North Chicago police officer.
The Highland Park police reported a “person of interest” discovered through investigation had been brought into custody without incident at 6:45 p.m. on Monday.
According to police chief Lou Jogmen, he was being transported to the Highland Park police station.
The terms “suspect” and “person of interest” are used interchangeably by law enforcement, according to Christopher Covelli of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force.
No charges were brought as of 7 p.m., and the police had not provided any information regarding a potential motive.
People started driving past the Highland Park police station after hearing about the arrest and shouted “thank you” and “good work” to the policemen.
Robert Bobby Crimo Wanted For Mass Shooting
Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, an amateur rapper who released unsettling videos on his YouTube account, was named as a person of interest in Monday’s parade slaughter.
One of the videos had a graphic cartoon showing a highly armed shooter being shot by police.
Although authorities had previously warned him that he was armed and dangerous, he was taken to prison.
They claimed that a North Chicago state trooper had seen the vehicle that Crimo was thought to be operating after a shooter situated on a rooftop opened fire with a powerful rifle on crowds of people watching the annual parade.
Authorities pleaded with anyone who visited the parade to check if they had pictures or videos of the shooting scene that might provide information that could help with the inquiry, which the FBI has now joined.
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Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III Age: How Old Is The Highland Park Parade Shooter
Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III is reportedly 22 years of age. On online platforms, he used the handle “Awake the Rapper.”
His social media presence revealed that he is a fan of professional wrestling and video games.
In one image shared on Twitter, he was sporting a Trump flag cape; in another, he was donning an FBI cap.
Most of his social media profiles and some of his videos have a symbol similar to the one used by the Finnish far-right group Suomen Sisu.
However, he doesn’t seem to reference the national organization in his postings. Additionally, he oversaw the administration of the defunct “SS” Discord channel.