(ILLINOIS) — The father of the Highland Park shooting suspect Robert Crimo III, who was charged with slaughtering 8 in a deadly mass shooting at an Illinois Fourth of July parade, appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday.
The alleged shooter’s parents have retained R Kelly’s defense attorney, Steve Greenberg, to represent them in court, as the father is being accused of supplying weapons to his son.
Greenberg issued his first public statement since Crimo’s arrest.
The parents of the accused Highland Park shooter have retained us to represent them.
They wish that we share the following: “We are all mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, and this is a terrible tragedy for many families, the victims, the paradegoers, the community,
— Steve Greenberg (@SGcrimlaw) July 5, 2022
Additionally, the confessed Highland shooter and former rapper, “Awake the Rapper,” had a prolific online presence and posted ludicrous activities on his social media accounts, including his affair with an Asian teen sex doll who he named “Sophie.” Crimo claims she is 15-years-old (in doll years).
Crimo posted images of “Sophie” sitting in the passenger’s seat of his Acura, with a “p*ssy magnet” sticker in the back window, along with a shocking image of Sophie’s “suicide”, as he hung his rubber lover from the closet rod.
BREAKING:
Highland Park Shooter Robert Crimo III Posted Asian Teen Sex Doll Pictures in Online Forum pic.twitter.com/Q57GuE5aQ7
— An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) July 6, 2022
#HighlandPark #shooter and #Trump fan #RobertCrimo often posed online with his sex doll, who he stated was 15 years old [in doll years].#BobbyCrimo #RobertCrimoIII #sexdoll#IllinoisShooting pic.twitter.com/n1I2ayJ9VE
— Lynn Schore (@LynnSchore) July 6, 2022
Crimo is currently being held without bond and is charged with seven counts of first-degree murder, with many more charges pending.
Staff Writer, Julianna Caban, contributed to the story.