Highland Park shooting suspect posted gaming videos of Call of Duty

Call of Duty got here underneath scorching waters after it was revealed that the suspect of the Highland Park shooting uploaded videos of the sport.

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Highland Park shooter posted videos of Call of Duty

Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III, the particular person of curiosity, who allegedly shot the group in a Chicago suburb on Monday, posted videos of enjoying Call of Duty.

It was concluded that Crimo was fascinated about violence after analyzing the hundreds of messages he posted on social media.

The 21-year-old younger man additionally shared clips of his gaming avatar shooting his opponents from rooftops. The digital scene was eerily just like the bloody bloodbath that passed off in Illinois on the fourth of July.

In the gaming videos, gunshots might be heard with gamers laughing, yelling, and directing each other. The voice of Crimo stays unclear within the clip.

Regardless it looks as if Crimo had turned his digital gaming character into actuality when he stood on a rooftop and opened fireplace ‘sniper-style’ throughout the Independence Day parade.

Crimo took the lives of seven harmless individuals along with his Smith & Wesson rifle and left 47 wounded. He is presently charged with seven counts of first-degree homicide with dozens extra prices anticipated.

After Crimo was taken into custody Christopher Covell of the Ake County Major Crime Task Force launched a press release over his arrest.

He mentioned, ‘It is believed that this particular person was the one who was responsible for what took place.’

Covelli added that the cops tracked Crimo as a result of of a ‘significant amount of digital evidence.’ 

There is a good quantity of proof. Multiple actual life shooters have had a fixation on the sport. Newtown shooter. Also the current elementary college shooter.

— vincent kang (@vincentkangnow) July 7, 2022

Robert Crimo’s historical past of posting violent graphic videos on-line

According to current studies, Robert Crimo uploaded quite a few graphical content material on his Discord server.

Once he shared a picture of Budd Dwyer, a politician who took his life throughout a stay press convention. 

We speak about psychological well being however then permit the promotion of these video games and permit children to spend a hours a day on them

— louerosa (@louerosa) July 7, 2022

Furthermore, he posted a number of clips and violent footage of individuals dying.

Crimo additionally had an account on a web-based discussion board referred to as Documenting Reality, the place customers share content material displaying the aftermath of violence.

There is a correlation of violence in video video games and society. Iam from a technology the place firearms had been very accessible. Three rifles had been racked in my bed room once I was an adolescent and it was not unusual. I grew up in an city setting. No gun violence. The tradition is the trigger

— [email protected] (@kidcopper1) July 7, 2022

Jared Holt, a member of the Atlantic Council talked about, ‘It was pretty clear that this suspect had a history online of glorifying and fantasizing about violence. To me, that sends a red flag on top of a red flag.’

Crimo can also be a rapper who performs underneath the identify Awake the Rapper. His fascination with violence might be seen in his music which he repeatedly revealed on Spotify and YouTube.

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