July 9, 2022
Washington – Long before police say he used a semiautomatic rifle to massacre spectators at this week’s Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb, Robert “Bobby” Crimo III was on a “downward spiral” that friends told reporters lasted for years but went unheeded by his family.
The mother of two of Crimo’s former skatepark friends said that the accused mass shooter came to her house frequently around 2016 and 2017 and was nothing but quiet and polite.
She says at that point, he wasn’t yet cutting a disturbing figure as a wannabe YouTube rapper, with tattoos covering his face and music riddled with violent imagery.
“He wasn’t always like this, and I would have never guessed that he would hurt a fly. Hurt himself? Yes.
But hurt someone else? No,” said the mom, who asked to remain anonymous.
“He was a sweet kid,” she added. “But he hurt. He was very, very much a loner and depressed.
And I think his emotional instability was kind of brushed under the rug by his family.”
According to the mom, Crimo threatened to kill himself and attempted suicide a few times when he spent time with her children.
That Crimo struggled with suicidal thoughts and self-harm as early as 2016 hasn’t previously been reported.
Attorney George Gomez, who is representing Crimo’s parents, Robert Crimo Jr. and Denise Pesina, declined to comment about whether Crimo attempted or threatened suicide in 2016.
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