Father of Illinois Shooting Suspect Helped Son Obtain Gun Card Despite Past Threats

Officers guard the scene of the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Ill., on July 4, 2022. Youngrae Kim/AFP via Getty Images

The father of the 21-year-old man charged in the slayings of seven people during a Fourth of July parade in Illinois sponsored his son’s state firearm identification card about two years ago.

Robert E. Crimo III, the suspect, applied for a state Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card—which is issued by the Illinois State Police—in December 2019 when he was 19, said the state police in a news release.