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2022-07-07 -Lurid Crime Tales-
What's Going On with the Highland Park Killer's Parents?
[PJ] There might be something strange going on with the Highland Park killer’s parents, and the authorities aren’t yet willing to say exactly what.

It’s a story involving guns, police visits, a mysterious UPS Store mailbox, and a legal system with a "catch-and-release" policy regarding the dangerously mentally ill.

We’ve learned in the last couple of days that the alleged killer was yet another one of those "known wolves" that police were powerless to do anything about. What stands out in this case is what the parents may have done to enable their son.

Before we continue, please understand that I’m not saying the parents did anything in particular to make this young man into a murderer or that they knew he would kill. Parents all have their own blind spots when it comes to our kids.

That’s what makes this a tough column to write. It’s every parent’s darkest fear — the one we try not to talk about: what if it were our kid suspected of mass murder?

CBS Chicago reported Tuesday on two strange incidents but the station hasn’t yet been able to explain either of them.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-07 00:26|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ]  Top

#1 Daily Caller - Rabbi Recalls ‘Strange’ Visit The Alleged Highland Park Shooter Previously Paid To His Synagogue
Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-07 00:49||   2022-07-07 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Daily Mail - 'Flighty' mother of Highland Park shooter who let him borrow her car after the massacre is seen unloading bags from Target hours after her son appeared in court to face seven counts of first-degree murder
Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-07 01:12||   2022-07-07 01:12|| Front Page Top

#3 The Times of Israel:

The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then fled to the Madison, Wisconsin area, where he contemplated shooting up an event there, authorities said Wednesday.

The gunman turned back to Illinois, where he was later arrested, after deciding he was not prepared to pull off a shooting in Wisconsin, Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said at a news conference following a bond hearing.

An Illinois judge ordered the suspect to be held without bail.

Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Ben Dillon said in court that the gunman “looked down his sights, aimed” and fired at people across the street, killing seven and wounding more than two dozen. He left the shells of 83 bullets and three ammunition magazines on the rooftop.

Federal agents were reviewing Crimo’s online profiles, and a preliminary examination of his internet history indicated that he had researched mass killings and had downloaded multiple photos depicting violent mostly peaceful acts, including a beheading, a law enforcement official said.

The official could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named on condition of anonymity.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-07 02:32||   2022-07-07 02:32|| Front Page Top

#4 More:

At a bond hearing, Judge Theodore Potkonjak orders Crimo, who has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder, to be held without bail and to appear on July 28 for a preliminary hearing.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-07 03:02||   2022-07-07 03:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Did Crimo and his mother have some sort of....special relationship ?

Did Crimo target someone specifically ?

Did someone downtown do him or his mother wrong ?

Has he been tested for drugs? Has SHE been tested for drugs ?

More on the motive please.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-07 07:31||   2022-07-07 07:31|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 I'm not sure you're going to find a rich, lengthy path. I wouldn't be too sure there's any reason at all.
Posted by Cesare 2022-07-07 07:58||   2022-07-07 07:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Did they release information on the high-powered rifle used? Magazines and shell casings would be a clue.
Posted by bman 2022-07-07 11:58||   2022-07-07 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ It was a S&W Military and Police AR-15. 5.56 mm. Lots of caterwauling about the name. Remember Bushmaster? After Sandy Hook, that name was going to go away? Yeah, right. You can still get. Who cares if you just call it a Plymouth Fury or Christine? It's all marketing.

When are we going to do something about high-powered LGBTQWERTY weirdness? About high-powered drug-fueled nihilism being celebrated instead of discouraged?
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-07 12:23||   2022-07-07 12:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Ben Dillon said in court that the gunman “looked down his sights, aimed” and fired at people across the street, killing seven and wounding more than two dozen. He left the shells of 83 bullets and three ammunition magazines on the rooftop.

I'm no expert but it seems like it might take some time for one lone shooter to fire that many shots and hit that many people. Surely the people were all running for cover after the first few shots. Couldn't they find any cover? How were that many people like so many sitting ducks? Or...did this admittedly deranged young man have an accomplice?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-07-07 13:02||   2022-07-07 13:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Crowd on sidewalks. It says nothing about a skilled shooter. Anyone could get those results with high ground and a penned in crowd.

No need to believe the Lon Horiuchi Gun Club was backing him up.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-07 13:08||   2022-07-07 13:08|| Front Page Top

#11 Just asking. Like I said, I'm no expert. Just seems like an amazing number of hits for a whack job of a kid.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-07-07 13:17||   2022-07-07 13:17|| Front Page Top

#12 Kid looks like a Fetal Alcohol Disorder poster child.

No matter what the PJ Media pansy says, I have judged both parents, and find them wanting.
Posted by Regular joe 2022-07-07 14:06||   2022-07-07 14:06|| Front Page Top

#13 Mr. Crimo is apparently a middle child, with nothing of interest reported about the two siblings.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-07 14:20||   2022-07-07 14:20|| Front Page Top

#14 The background info looks worse and worse on this for the parents. Of course, the Crumbleys don't look good either.

We allow people to sue companies over defective products. The judicial establishment likes to blame the gun, not the shooter.

Nothing will change until that misplaced focus is corrected...
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-07 14:29||   2022-07-07 14:29|| Front Page Top

#15 Mayor “Civil Discourse” Lightfoot announced that if she gets re-elected there will be a NASCAR street course race in Chicago the next three years. What could go wrong? “The Drive-By Shooting 500, sponsored by Glock, featuring Sniper Corner.”
Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-07-07 17:51||   2022-07-07 17:51|| Front Page Top

#16 The NASCAR Sucks Bubba Wallace's Cock 500.
Posted by M. Murcek  2022-07-07 18:08||   2022-07-07 18:08|| Front Page Top

#17 C'mon, MM. You're better than that
Posted by Frank G 2022-07-07 20:43||   2022-07-07 20:43|| Front Page Top

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