A man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a 2022 parade in suburban Chicago might not go to trial.
FILE - Visitors pay their respects, Thursday, July 7, 2022, at altars for the seven people killed in the Fourth of July mass shooting in Highland Park, Ill. Robert Crimo III, accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more, including children, at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago in 2022 is scheduled for a court hearing Wednesday, June 26, 2024, when it is possible he will change his not guilty plea, the prosecutor says.
A message seeking comment from the public defender's office, which is defending Crimo, wasn't immediately returned. An attorney representing three family members wounded while attending the parade said prosecutors told them this week that Crimo is expected to change at least part of his earlier not guilty plea to guilty on Wednesday.
Mike Bonamarte, a managing partner with Levin & Perconti, represents Zoe and Stephen Kolpack, a married couple, and her father, Mike Joyce, in a civil suit against Crimo, his father and gun manufacturers and sellers.“What Zoe said to me is she’ll feel better if she believes this is a step closer to some justice,” Bonamarte said. “But it doesn’t change the fact she’s going to deal with what happened for the rest of her life.
Authorities have said Crimo, 23, confessed to police in the days after he opened fire from a rooftop in Highland Park, terrifying parade participants and spectators.Crimo would face a mandatory sentence of life without parole if convicted of first-degree murder.In 2019, at age 19, Crimo III was too young to seek his own gun license, but he could apply with the sponsorship of a parent or guardian.
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