Highland Park parade shooting suspect Robert Crimo III changes plea to guilty on day trial was set to begin

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Highland Park parade shooting suspect Robert Crimo III changes plea to guilty on day trial was set to begin
Seven were killed and dozens were hurt in the July 4, 2022, mass shooting.

By Emily Shapiro
March 3, 2025, 1:38 PM

Highland Park, Illinois, mass shooting suspect Robert Crimo III changed his plea to guilty on Monday as opening arguments in his trial were set to begin, according to Chicago ABC station WLS.

Crimo is accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens of others in the mass shooting at a 2022 Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. He pleaded guilty to 21 counts of first-degree murder, three counts of each person killed, and dozens of attempted murder charges, according to WLS.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 23.

Survivor Ashbey Beasley, who fled the parade with her son when the gunfire broke out, said the plea brings an "immense amount of relief."

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