Officer recalls arresting Highland Park shooting suspect: ‘I was shocked he gave up this easy’
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Two weeks after he spotted and participated in the arrest of the alleged Highland Park parade shooter on July 4, North Chicago police officer Gary Grayer is still playing the sequence back in his mind.
Grayer was the first law enforcement officer on the scene at Route 41 and Westleigh Road in Lake Forest, where an astute driver had trailed a silver Honda Fit driven by suspect Robert “Bobby” Crimo III and relayed location information to emergency dispatchers.
As Grayer approached the vehicle, he said Crimo pulled over to his left and came to a stop. In the seconds that followed, Grayer said he prepared himself for a deadly firefight.
“My eyes just got wide,” he said.
