Highland Park suspect’s father to be investigated for signing gun application

Robert Crimo Jr denies any responsibility for the attack, saying I had no - not an inkling, warning - that this was going to happen'

The father of the Highland Park gunman will be criminally investigated in connection with the Independence Day attack for signing an affidavit supporting his son's application for a gun license, police said.

Robert Crimo Jr, the father of Robert Crimo III - who is suspected of killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade in a suburb of Chicago - sponsored his son's firearm owner application in 2019.