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Robert "Bobby" Crimo III, the "person of interest" arrested in the Highland Park mass shooting, used a legally obtained weapon in the Fourth of July slaughter in Illinois — but was not known to police, the local mayor revealed Tuesday.Here we've got a contradiction. Rotering is claiming Crimo was not known to police, while other sources say he was. See: Highland Park shooting suspect 'known to law enforcement'
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering — who banned assault rifles in 2013 — gave the update while telling the "Today" show that she had known the suspect when he was a Cub Scout and she was the leader.
"I don't know where the gun came from, but I do know that it was legally obtained," Rotering told the NBC News morning show, without elaborating.
She said she didn't believe he was "previously known to police" before the massacre — but noted the apparent forewarnings in his disturbing rap lyrics and social media posts.
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