Trial begins for accused gunman Robert Crimo in Highland Park mass shooting at July Fourth parade
Opening statements begin Monday in the trial of Robert Crimo III who is accused of opening fire at a Fourth of July parade in the affluent Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Opening statements begin Monday in the trial of the man accused of opening fire at a Fourth of July parade in the affluent Chicago suburb of Highland Park more than two years ago, killing seven people and wounding nearly 50.
Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III faces 69 counts of murder and attempted murder stemming from the July 4, 2022, mass shooting. If convicted, he faces life in prison without parole. Illinois abolished the death penalty in 2011.
Dressed in black, his face tattooed with the number 47 and more tattoos adorning his neck and hands, the 24-year-old was present in the Lake County Courthouse last week while jury selection was underway.
From time to time, he watched while his defense attorneys, Lake County Public Defender Gregory Ticsay and Assistant Public Defender Anton Trizna, and the prosecutor, Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart, took turns posing questions to the jury candidates.
People mourn at a memorial site in Highland Park, Ill., in 2022.Jim Vondruska / Getty Images fileBut mostly Crimo sat scribbling on a sheet of paper as the pool of jurors was narrowed to the six men and six women picked to serve on the panel.
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