Robert Crimo Jr, The father of the accused Fourth of July parade killer, told The Post his son, Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III, talked about a mass shooting in Denmark the night before allegedly launching his own massacre.
Robert Crimo Jr.
“He goes, ‘Yeah, that guy is an idiot.’ That’s what he said!”
Robert Crimo Jr.
“People like that … [commit mass shootings] to amp up the people that want to ban all guns....I talked to him 13 hours before [Monday’s massacre]. That’s why I guess I’m in such shock…Like, did he have a psychiatric break or something?”
The father, a onetime local mayoral candidate who used to run a neighborhood sandwich shop, has faced a wave of criticism for sponsoring his son’s gun license application.
The dad sponsored the application three months after his son was labeled a “clear and present danger” by authorities for threatening to kill relatives in 2019.
“They make me like I groomed him to do all this... I’ve been here my whole life, and I’m gonna stay here, hold my head up high, because I didn’t do anything wrong.”
While the father said he’s fully supportive of his son and will continue attending all of his court hearings, he’s “furious” over the tragedy.
Robert Crimo Jr.
“I want a long sentence. ...That’s life. You know you have consequences for actions. He made a choice. He didn’t have to do that. I think there’s mental illness there, obviously…I didn’t see a lot of it.”
Crimo Jr. insisted that his son’s crimes were not motivated by hate and noted that a relative of one of his lifelong friends was injured in the shooting.