Highland Park Parade Shooter Rejects Guilty Plea Deal, Opting for Trial and Leaving Victims’ Families in Limbo
WAUKEGAN, Ill. — In a courtroom setting that left attendees surprised and uncertain, Robert E. Crimo III, the 23-year-old charged with the tragic Highland Park shooting during the 2022 Independence Day parade, decisively turned down a plea agreement. Crimo faced the prospect of a lifetime imprisonment for the murder of seven people and the wounding of many others if he had accepted the deal which involved pleading guilty to multiple counts of murder and aggravated …