T he Highland Park shooting suspect's extensive online history reflects a desire for violence.

Robert "Bobby" E. Crimo III, the person of interest identified by police after the Chicago Fourth of July shooting in which six people were killed and 38 wounded, has a long history of expressing interest in graphic violence online, including videos appearing to preview the attack. There is also evidence implying interests in former President Donald Trump and the European "alt-right."

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Crimo, 21, hosted his own Discord server as "Awake the Rapper" and posted multiple nihilistic memes, according to NBC News. The last meme on the server was posted in March and featured Budd Dwyer, the former Pennsylvania state treasurer who killed himself on live television in 1987. Underneath the image was the caption, "I wish politicians still gave speeches like this."

Crimo also posted a video of a beheading to a message board that discussed graphic depictions of murder, suicide, and death.

While social media quickly deleted most of Crimo's accounts, the remaining archives reveal hints about the man's political inclinations. Crimo appeared in multiple pictures at Trump-related events. He appeared at one Trump rally while dressed as Waldo. He also appeared in a picture wearing a Trump flag around his neck. Crimo also posted a now-deleted video to his YouTube page on Jan. 2, 2021, that appeared to show him cheering for Trump's motorcade.

This is Bobby Crimo, the “person of interest” in the Highland Park shooting, in Trump flags. pic.twitter.com/T7R8y88M9n

Crimo posted multiple videos to his YouTube account as "Awake the Rapper" that featured references to mass murder and violence. He also had a Spotify account for his rapper persona, with 16,000 monthly listeners.

In a short clip titled "Where is Everyone?" an emergency alert system repeatedly plays as video apparently being shot from the back of a vehicle shows him driving down an empty main street lined with American flags. The street appears to be the same one on the parade route where the mass shooting occurred on Monday.

Another video dubbed "Project Arcturus" — Arcturus is a red giant star named for a Greek myth — shows a drawing of someone wearing a helmet and straps across his back and chest while gunning people down with a rifle. The video also featured Crimo in body armor while standing in a school.

Several of Crimo's videos feature the logo of Suomen Sisu, a Finnish far-right association that claims to promote the "comprehensive development of Finnish society in a nationalist direction." The association is heavily involved with the Finns Party in Finland, according to the Foundation for Social Democracy, and has elected several of its members to the Finnish Parliament.

Crimo's uncle, Paul Crimo, claimed that there were "no signs of trouble" regarding the shooting suspect.

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Five victims were pronounced dead at the scene on Monday, and an additional fatality was recorded after a gunshot victim taken to a nearby hospital succumbed to injuries, according to police. At least 26 victims from ages 8 to 85 were transported to Highland Park Hospital, medical officials said. Nineteen of those victims were treated and returned home, according to medical officials. An additional five people were injured, some of whom were brought to other facilities nearby, Axios reported.

Only two of the victims' identities have been revealed so far, including Nicolas Toledo, 76, and Jacki Sundheim, according to the New York Times. Toledo, who didn't want to attend the parade but accompanied his family, was fatally shot at least three times while sitting in his wheelchair, his granddaughter said. Sundheim was identified by her synagogue, the North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe.