A GUILTY PLEA FOR THE HIGHLAND PARK PARADE GUNMAN OUTSIDE CHICAGO. ROBERT CRIMO THE THIRD, ENTERED THAT PLEA TODAY FROM THE SHOOTING FROM JULY 4TH, 2022. IN THAT SHOOTING, HE KILLED SEVEN PEOPLE AND INJURED DOZENS. ONE SHOOTING SURVIVOR SAYS KNOWING THE SHOOTER WILL SERVE TIME IN PRISON HELPS WITH HEALING. THERE WERE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AT THIS PARADE WHO RAN FOR THEIR LIVES, WHOSE CHILDREN ARE FOREVER CHANGED, WHO CANNOT GO ON WITH THEIR DAILY LIFE, WHO SPENT, YOU KNOW, YEARS IN THERAPY AND AND TRIED TO HEAL.
Life in prison for Illinois gunman who killed 7 in July 4 parade attack
After killing 7 and wounding dozens in Highland Park, the shooter contemplated another attack in Wisconsin before being captured
Updated: 10:59 AM CDT Apr 24, 2025
The Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July parade gunman was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was sentenced Thursday after relatives of those killed in the shooting and other survivors gave emotional testimony.Robert Crimo III, 24, pleaded guilty in March to a total of 69 counts, including 21 counts of first-degree murder—three counts for each victim who died—and 48 counts of attempted murder.Video above: Highland Park Fourth of July parade attack: Suspect pleads guilty Crimo refused to attend his sentencing hearing Wednesday or Thursday despite a judge’s previous warnings that the case would proceed without him. Crimo also declined to provide a written statement in court ahead of sentencing.Keely Roberts, whose 8-year-old son Cooper Roberts is paralyzed from the waist down, called Crimo “cowardly” for not attending.“You will not hear my grief,” she said. “You are now irrelevant.”Seven people were killed and dozens were injured in the July 4, 2022, mass shooting. After the shooting, Crimo confessed he drove to Madison, Wisconsin, where he contemplated another attack with a semi-automatic rifle he had in the vehicle, police officials said at the time. “It appears when he drove to Madison, he was driving around. However, he did see a celebration in Madison, and he seriously contemplated using the firearm in his vehicle to commit another shooting,” said Chris Covelli of the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force.FBI agents swarmed a Middleton auto shop the day after the mass shooting and recovered the cellphone that Crimo had ditched on the edge of the property.The seven people killed were Katherine Goldstein, 64; Jacquelyn Sundheim, 63; Stephen Straus, 88; Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, 78; Eduardo Uvaldo, 69; and married couple Kevin McCarthy, 37, and Irina McCarthy, 35. Top HeadlinesMilwaukee teen accused of serial sex assault will be tried as an adultMilwaukee judge faces probe after courthouse incident with immigration agentsAnonymous donor will pay to remove abandoned boat, work underwayWATCH Fans get in on draft action early in Green Bay
WAUKEGAN, Ill. —The Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July parade gunman was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was sentenced Thursday after relatives of those killed in the shooting and other survivors gave emotional testimony.
Robert Crimo III, 24, pleaded guilty in March to a total of 69 counts, including 21 counts of first-degree murder—three counts for each victim who died—and 48 counts of attempted murder.
Video above: Highland Park Fourth of July parade attack: Suspect pleads guilty
Crimo refused to attend his sentencing hearing Wednesday or Thursday despite a judge’s previous warnings that the case would proceed without him. Crimo also declined to provide a written statement in court ahead of sentencing.
Keely Roberts, whose 8-year-old son Cooper Roberts is paralyzed from the waist down, called Crimo “cowardly” for not attending.
“You will not hear my grief,” she said. “You are now irrelevant.”
Seven people were killed and dozens were injured in the July 4, 2022, mass shooting.
After the shooting, Crimo confessed he drove to Madison, Wisconsin, where he contemplated another attack with a semi-automatic rifle he had in the vehicle, police officials said at the time.
“It appears when he drove to Madison, he was driving around. However, he did see a celebration in Madison, and he seriously contemplated using the firearm in his vehicle to commit another shooting,” said Chris Covelli of the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force.
FBI agents swarmed a Middleton auto shop the day after the mass shooting and recovered the cellphone that Crimo had ditched on the edge of the property.
The seven people killed were Katherine Goldstein, 64; Jacquelyn Sundheim, 63; Stephen Straus, 88; Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, 78; Eduardo Uvaldo, 69; and married couple Kevin McCarthy, 37, and Irina McCarthy, 35.
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