Highland Park shooting suspect description released after July 4 parade attack kills at least 6
The Highland Park July 4 parade shooter remained at large hours after the attack Monday
By Michael Ruiz

Covelli said the suspect used "a high-powered rifle" but declined to give a detailed description of the weapon. The attack began near the last leg of the parade route, he said, and targeted spectators along the sidelines.

He added that the attack marked a "very random, very intentional and a very sad day."

State police and Chicago officers raced to the scene to assist Highland Park Police in the investigation, and so did deputies from the Lake County Sheriff's Office. The FBI is also assisting, authorities said, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was working on tracing the weapon used in the attack.

Empty chairs sit along the sidewalk after parade-goers fled Highland Park's Fourth of July parade after shots were fired, Monday, July 4, 2022 in Chicago. (Lynn Sweet/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Empty chairs sit along the sidewalk after parade-goers fled Highland Park's Fourth of July parade after shots were fired, Monday, July 4, 2022 in Chicago. (Lynn Sweet/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) (Lynn Sweet/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Officials are asking residents to avoid the area as they continue to hunt for the suspect.

"All we know right now is that he's not in custody and he's not deceased," said Mike Verden, a local resident, the founder and CEO of The Lake Forest Group security consulting firm and a former Secret Service agent, police officer, and senior director of security for the NBA. "Sometimes these guys get away... Some want to do suicide by cop, some kill themselves, and some just don't want to get caught."

Verden lives just four miles from the parade route and said he could hear police responding after the attack from his home. Like other area residents, he said he was sheltering in place as police conducted a large-scale search for the suspect.

"The biggest thing right now is that this person is not in custody," he said. "Usually in these types of incidents, they die at the scene...This is kind of unique."

He said it's normal for authorities to assume the suspect is still armed after recovering a weapon because active shooters typically carry more than one firearm.

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MAGAtard.

A good example of a pointless insult.

it's therapy, for some folk

There is a point, indeed.

The suspected shooter is a MAGAtard.

Did you get a look at that freak? Guy obviously was a prog.

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Oh they'll definitely try to paint him into one, and if he's not we're not gonna hear much about it at all

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Bookmark Twrongz latest prediction.

He was a mental case...nut job.

There was ample social media stuff to be VERY concerned about this freak!

"One music video Crimo lll posted on YouTube last year which has been viewed more than 25,000 times is an animation showing a person carrying out a school shooting before appearing to be shot by police and lying in a pool of blood."

"In the week prior to the shooting, Crimo posted a beheading video on an online message board which regularly contained graphic depictions of murder, death and suicide, reported NBC News."

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Edited: 07/05/2022 at 12:04 PM by Fish Killer

He posted violent imagery online
The suspected shooter posted music on several major streaming platforms under the pseudonym Awake the Rapper, and he apparently made and posted music videos online featuring ominous lyrics and animated scenes of gun violence.

In one video titled "Are you Awake," a cartoon animation of a stick-figure shooter resembling the suspect's appearance is seen wearing tactical gear and carrying out an attack with a rifle. Crimo, seen with multicolored hair and face tattoos, narrates, "I need to just do it. It is my destiny."

In another video titled "Toy Soldier, a similar stick-figure resembling the suspect is depicted lying face down on the floor in a pool of his own blood, surrounded by police officers with their guns drawn."

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

Thoughts and prayers.

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I was right.

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