As Highland Park, Illinois residents paraded to celebrate the “…land of the free and the home of the brave,” this past Independence Day (July 4), a gunman fatally shot seven attendees and injured over three dozen other event-goers. For context, by the time of the Highland Park mass shooting, there had already been 314 others in America this year. Claim: Does the Highland Park mass shooter have a history of violent behavior? On the day of the shooting, Crimo was dressed in women’s clothing and wore a black wig, seemingly to conceal his identity. However, it is documented that Crimo had two encounters with law enforcement ahead of the mass shooting — one of which was for attempted suicide.

Source: ABC News July 07, 2022 19:28 UTC