Springfield, IL-(Vandalia Radio)- State lawmakers grilled the Illinois State Police over the lapse of considering a 2019 clear and present danger report issued for the suspect in last month’s Highland Park mass shooting.
Robert Crimo III faces dozens of charges in the Independence Day shooting that left seven dead and dozens injured. Crimo allegedly used a gun legally purchased with a valid Firearm Owner’s ID card state police issued despite local police filing a clear and present danger report against him in 2019.
During a Joint Committee on Administrative Rules hearing Wednesday, ISP acting chief legal counsel Kelly Griffith reiterated the gap they hope to close with new rules.
The new rules allow such reports to be kept. State Sen. John Curran supports that, but said ISP always had access to clear and present danger reports.
Other lawmakers Wednesday pointed to ISP lapses enforcing the FOID card law found in the aftermath of a shooting in Aurora in 2019 where a gunman had a revoked card, but ISP didn’t confiscate the card or guns before people were shot and killed.
Story from Illinois Radio Network
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