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- On Monday, Robert Crime III will face the court at the Independence Day parade 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois.
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- Police notes that Crima confessed to shooting during a video from the video, but since then the 24-year-old guy has not pleaded guilty.
Trial of suburban Man in Chicago The accused of mass shooting at the Independence Day parade in 2022, which killed seven people and wounded dozens still started on Monday.
Robert Crima III threatens 21 article on the murder of the first degree, three articles for the killed man, as well as 48 points for attempting to murder. The prosecutor’s office abandoned less serious 48 battery exacerbation before the jury last week.
The path to the trial was uneven, the delay partially with the unpredictability of the wing, including its Refusal to Agreement on Consignment It even surprised his lawyers. As the potential jurors met last week, he sporadically appeared in court, sometimes refusing to leave his prison.
Authorities allegedly crimen on the roof and fired a crowd assembled at the annual parade of July 4 in the center of Highland Park, 30 miles north of Chicago.
Prosecutors presented thousands of pages of evidence, as well as hours on video, during which police say the Crima confessed to shooting. But since then, a 24-year-old man has not pleaded guilty.
His defenders refused to comment on the trial, which is expected to last about a month.
Robert E. Crimea III watches the trial of the jury on the first day of the trial in the court of the County Leik, Wokegan, Illinois, February 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool, File)
His father, Robert Crima -Younger.The Mary’s candidate was charged with the charge of his son received a weapon license. He pleaded guilty in 2023 to seven calculations of reckless behavior and served less than two months in prison.
He attended his son’s hearing, sometimes addressing him during the trial. He refused to discuss the case before the trial.
“As a father, I really love my son,” he said. “And Bobby loves this country more than anyone’s knowledge.”
Prosecutors plan to call several law enforcement agencies and those who survived the shooting to testify. They will also show the video with Crim’s statements to the police. Some videos were already shown in court when the prosecutor’s office tried to throw them away.
Incorrect Crimea’s behavior contributed to the delay in court.
He fired his public defenders And he said he would represent himself, then abruptly canceled himself. In June 2024, when he was expected, he accepted the guilty agreement and gave the victims and relatives the opportunity to go publicly, he arrived in court in a wheelchair and dismissed the deal.
Residents in the wealthy Highland Park approximately 30,000, set along Lake Michigan lost their losses deep. Some potential jurors were justified by communication with the case.
City leaders canceled the usual parade in 2023, choosing a “walk in society”. The parade was restored last year on another route and with a memorial for the victims.
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“Our community is once again reminiscent of the huge pain and injury caused by the highland park shooting,” said Mayor Highland Park Nancy Rottering in the statement before the jury. “Our hearts remain with the victims, their families and all those whose lives have changed forever on this destructive day.”
The victims who died in the shooting were Catherine Goldstein, 64; Jacqueline Sundheim, 63; Stephen Stros, 88; Nicholas Toledo-Zaragoz, 78; Eduardo UVALDO, 69; and married couple Kevin Makarti, 37 years old, and Irina Makartky, 35.
The survivors and their families have initiated several lawsuits, including a semi -automatic rifle manufacturer used in shooting, and against the authorities they accuse of negligence.
