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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Highland Park Fourth of July parade shooting suspect’s father released on bail

Robert Crimo, Jr., the father of Robert Crimo III, walks in to the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan on Nov. 1. (Anthony Vazquez / Sun-Times)

Robert Crimo Jr., whose son has been charged with killing seven people and wounding dozens more at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, was released Saturday from the Lake County Jail on $50,000 bail.

Crimo looked somber and tired as he appeared before a judge Saturday after surrendering to police Friday on seven felony counts of reckless conduct for sponsoring his son Robert E. Crimo III’s application for a state firearm owner’s identification card two years before the mass shooting.

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