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Former classmate of Highland Park shooting suspect Robert Crimo speaks out
We're learning more and more about the suspected gunman in the Highland Park massacre.
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. - We're learning more and more about the suspected gunman in the Highland Park massacre.
What was he like as a kid? Were there any warning signs?
FOX 32's Corey McPherrin spoke to Gracie Sclamberg — a young woman who went to school with the suspect from the age of five all the way through high school.
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"I have memories of him being really distant and cold if anybody did try to talk to him. Showing up late for class. Not listening to teachers. He had a dark mind and had been obsessed with guns and weaponry since I was really young. And would doodle weapons on his notebook and that was something a friend brought to my attention the other day that is a scary, maybe warning sign," Sclamberg said.
When she heard the news that Crimo was allegedly the gunman, she says sadly she was not shocked.
"I am speaking for myself there, but I do not think it would even be any what of an assumption to say that a lot of other people had very similar responses … that we were not surprised," Sclamberg said.
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Sclamberg — who's a rising Senior at the University of Michigan — said while it's important to learn about potential warning signs the suspected shooter may have shown, she hopes the main focus moving forward is on the victims and their families.