July 4 parade shooting suspect slipped past Illinois "red flag" safeguards

July 4 parade gunman slipped past safeguards of an Illinois ‘red flag’ law: officials

The Highland Park parade shooter passed four background checks in the purchase of his guns, all of them conducted in 2020 and 2021.

Illinois parade massacre suspect allegedly contemplated 2nd shooting

The gunman allegedly plotted another shooting in Wisconsin before he turned back to Illinois and was captured.

Parade mass shooting suspect ‘contemplated second attack’

The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to unleashing a hail of bullets from a rooftop in Chicago and then fled to Madison, Wisconsin, where he contemplated an attack there, authorities said.

Highland Park suspect legally purchased 5 guns despite worrying encounter with police

In 2019, Robert Crimo's family reported to police that he "said he was going to kill everyone" and had a collection of knives. Illinois State Police approved him for gun ownership four months later.

July 4 parade shooting suspect slipped past Illinois "red flag" safeguards

The man charged with killing seven people at a Chicago-area July Fourth parade slipped past the safeguards of an Illinois "red flag" law designed to prevent people deemed to have violent tendencies from getting guns, officials revealed on Tuesday.

Highland Park suspect legally purchased 5 guns despite worrying encounter with police

In 2019, Robert Crimo's family reported to police that he "said he was going to kill everyone" and had a collection of knives. Illinois State Police approved him for gun ownership four months later.