With a series of lawsuits filed Wednesday, a group of victims of the Highland Park Fourth of July parade massacre, including families whose loved ones were killed, are speaking out, some for the first time, about the life-changing loss, trauma and fear they are suffering — and their determination to hold those they say are responsible accountable.
They are among the plaintiffs who, in the cases filed in Lake County, are suing parties they say share responsibility for the mass shooting that left seven people dead: Smith & Wesson, the gunmaker; Red Dot Arms, a Lake County gun store; Bud’s Gun Shop, an online gun distributor; Robert Crimo III, who is charged with the shootings; and his father, Robert Crimo Jr., who signed the papers that allowed his son to legally buy a weapon when he was 19 years old.
