Person of Interest in Fourth of July Shooting Taken into Custody

A person of interest identified in the Independence Day parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois has been taken into custody, according to police.

Twenty-two-year-old Robert ‘Bobby’ E. Crimo III was named as a person of interest a couple of hours before his apprehension.

Sgt. Christopher Covelli, a spokesman for the Lake Country Major Crime Task Force, had warned that the suspect was considered armed and dangerous. Residents in the area were told to shelter in place.

The shooter opened fire from a business rooftop at a Fourth of July parade earlier on Monday. The gunman targeted both parade participants and spectators with what authorities called as a “high-powered rifle” multiple times. Covelli described the shooting as “very random” and “very intentional.” A rifle was left behind at the scene, which was quickly investigated by the ATF.

The shooting claimed the lives of six, five of whom died at the scene. According to hospital officials who held their own press conference during the day, at least 25 people were treated for various gunshot wounds. Highland Park City Fire Chief Joe Schrage said 23 people were transported by first responders to various hospitals, one of whom was a critically injured child, though the age of that victim is unknown. The oldest shot at the parade was 85.

In his own remarks on the shooting, President Joe Biden promised any federal assistance needed in the manhunt and vowed to continue fighting an “epidemic of gun violence” following other shooting tragedies in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York.

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