An Illinois grand jury has indicted the father of man charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago
. Each count carries a maximum 3-year prison term. The longtime resident and well-known figure in Highland Park was released after his arrest on a $50,000 bond.
In a brief statement released by his office later Wednesday, Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said the grand jury agreed the case against the father should move forward. George M. Gomez, the father’s Chicago-area attorney, didn’t immediately respond to a request for a comment Wednesday. But he earlier called the accusations against his client “baseless and unprecedented.”
“Parents and guardians are in the best position to decide whether their teenagers should have a weapon,” Rinehart said after the father's arrest. “In this case, the system failed when Robert Crimo Jr. sponsored his son. He knew what he knew and he signed the form anyway.”
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