July 4 Parade Gunman bypasses Illinois "danger signal" law safeguards: officials

The man charged with killing seven people in the Chicago area's July 4 paradewas designed to prevent people who are considered violent. It has slipped through the safeguards of the Illinois "Danger Signal" Act. Authorities said Tuesday that he tends to get guns.

Despite the state's "powerful" disclosure when prosecutors praised the system as "powerful" when prosecutors announced seven first-class murder charges against 21-at a press conference. He questioned the validity of the "danger signal" method. 1-year-old suspect, Robert, E. Climo III.

Sergeant Chris Koveli of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said earlier that day that Krimo had legally purchased a total of five guns, including weapons suspected of murder. , Attracted the attention of law enforcement agencies twice with actions suggestive of his actions. He hurt himself and others.

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The first example was an April 2019 emergency-911 phone call where Kurimo reported an attempted suicide, In September of that year, police visits continued on threats that he was alleged to "kill everyone," according to Coveli, who said it was aimed at his family.

According to Covelli, police responded to the second incident with 16 knives, daggers and swords from Klimo's house in Highland Park, Illinois, on the outskirts of Chicago, where the shooting took place on Monday. I have seized the collection. However, the sheriff's sergeant said the arrest was not made because the authorities at the time had no reason to detain him.

"There were no complaints signed by any of the victims," ​​Covelli explained.

Late Tuesday, Another statement was issued by the Illinois State Police. After a threat to his relatives in September 2019, he received a report from the Highland Park Police, which declared Klimo a "clear and present danger."

At But at that time, Klimo was a state's "Firearm Owner Identification (FOID)" that could be revoked. I didn't have a card or a pending FOID application to reject. As a result, state police involvement in the matter has been closed, officials said.

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State police also "come forward with formal complaints" or "additional action by law enforcement agencies" Information about threats or mental health that would have made it possible to take. "

Passed background check

3 months later At the age of 19, Kurimo applied for the first FOID card with the help of his father. However, because no firearm detention order or other proceedings against Kurimo have been so far sought, "there was not sufficient grounds to establish a clear and present danger and reject a FOID application," state police said. rice field.

According to state police, Klimo passed four background checks on the purchase of a gun. All of this took place in 2020 and 2021 well after the 2019 incident that caught the attention of the police.

State police said the only crime detected in Klimo's criminal record during a background check was the 2016 cigarette. "Health ban reports" from non-mental health care providers have surfaced.

Police planned a "weeks" attack before the July 4 parade shooting, police said

State police said Klimo was in 2019 Police officers who visited the family's house about the alleged threat in September asked him, "Did he want to hurt himself or others?" And "He answered no." I asked.

"More and more importantly, his father claimed that the knife belonged to him and was kept in the (his son's) closet for storage," state police said. Stated. "Based on that information, Highland Park police returned the knife to his father later that afternoon."

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Many US politicians are calling for broader enactment and enforcement of the "danger signal" law. This usually allows courts to issue a ban on authorities confiscating firearms from individuals or blocking the purchase of weapons. Threats to yourself and others.

However, Reinhardt, a state lawyer who charged Krimo on Tuesday, said the 2019 threat and "clear and present danger" report was a measure against the state's "red flag."

Last month Congress passed a national gun control bill, including provisions to provide federal funding to the states governing the Locomotive Acts.

— Report by Brendan O'Brien in Highland Park, Illinois, writing and additional reporting in Los Angeles and Steve Gorman

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