Highland Park Shooting: Father’s Failure

As is now widely known, Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, 21, is charged with murdering seven parade attendees and injuring dozens more on July 4 in Highland Park, Ill. He allegedly fired 83 rounds with a Smith & Wesson M&P15 rifle — an AR-15 derivative — from a rooftop while dressed as a woman, using the disguise to disappear into the crowd as police moved to apprehend the killer.

During his escape, Crimo reportedly dropped the Smith & Wesson but had a second rifle in his car, a Kel-Tec SUB2000 — a hybridized “black gun” offered in pistol calibers of 9mm or .40cal. He then drove up to another Independence Day celebration in Madison, Wis., but decided against a similar spree there for unknown reasons. He was arrested later that day.

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Luther Ray Abel

Luther Ray Abel is an Associate Editor for National Review. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Luther is a proud native of Sheboygan, Wis.

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As is now widely known, Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, 21, is charged with murdering seven parade attendees and injuring dozens more on July 4 in Highland Park, Ill. He allegedly fired 83 rounds with a Smith & Wesson M&P15 rifle — an AR-15 derivative — from a rooftop while dressed as a woman, using the disguise to disappear into the crowd as police moved to apprehend the killer.

During his escape, Crimo reportedly dropped the Smith & Wesson but had a second rifle in his car, a Kel-Tec SUB2000 — a hybridized “black gun” offered in pistol calibers of 9mm or .40cal. He then drove up to another Independence Day celebration in Madison, Wis., but decided against a similar spree there for unknown reasons. He was arrested later that day.