WAUKEGAN, Ill. (NEWSNet/AP) — The father of the suspect in a deadly 2022 Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago has been released early from jail, after serving part of a 60-day sentence for sponsoring a firearm application for his son.

Robert Crimo Jr. was released Wednesday for good behavior, according to authorities.

In November, Crimo Jr. pleaded guilty in Lake County court in Waukegan, Illinois, to seven misdemeanor counts of reckless conduct. Initially, he been had been charged with seven felony counts of reckless conduct, one for each person his son, Robert Crimo III, is accused of killing.

Three years before the attack in Highland Park, Crimo III, then 19, was not old enough to seek a gun license on his own, but could apply with the sponsorship of a parent or guardian. His father signed the application.

Months earlier, a relative had reported to police that Crimo III threatened to “kill everyone.”

Crimo III faces 21 first-degree murder counts, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery.

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