Highland Park gunman Robert Crimo III sentenced to life for July 4th shooting in 2022 that killed 7

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — The man who opened fire at a Fourth of July parade near Chicago in 2022, killing seven people and leaving behind "oceans of grief," will spend the rest of his life behind bars with no possibility of parole, a judge said Thursday.

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — The man who opened fire at a Fourth of July parade near Chicago in 2022, killing seven people and leaving behind "oceans of grief," will spend the rest of his life behind bars with no possibility of parole, a judge said Thursday.

Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, 24, was a no-show for the sentencing hearing that began Wednesday, and he declined to make a statement to the court, his lawyer said.

"The court finds he’s irrevocably depraved," state Circuit Judge Victoria Rossetti said as she handed down the maximum sentence. "He is beyond any rehabilitation."

Crimo pleaded guilty last month in the mass shooting on July 4, 2022, in Highland Park, about 30 miles outside Chicago, which wounded nearly 50 people in addition to the seven who were killed.

In addition to Crimo, all members of his family also opted against attending court, said a lawyer for Crimo's father.