Illinois July 4 parade shooting suspect agrees to flip to guilty plea on murder and other charges

A suburban Chicago antheral accused of sidesplitting 7 radical and injuring 48 others successful the 2022 Fourth of July parade successful Highland Park, Illinois, agreed to flip his plea to blameworthy successful tribunal connected Monday.

Robert Crimo III, 24, faces 21 counts of first-degree execution – 3 counts for each idiosyncratic killed – arsenic good arsenic 48 counts of attempted murder. He initially pleaded not blameworthy to each 69 charges.

In court, the justice asked Crimo if helium understood determination would not beryllium a proceedings should helium plead guilty. Crimo responded that helium understood and changed his plea to blameworthy connected each charges.

A sentencing proceeding for Crimo is acceptable for April 23.

HIGHLAND PARK PARADE SHOOTING SUSPECT ROBERT CRIMO III DECLINES PLEA DEAL

Robert E. Crimo III speaks to Lake County's adjunct nationalist defender, Anton Trizna, arsenic helium appears for a proceeding earlier Judge Victoria A. Rossetti astatine the Lake County Courthouse connected June 26, 2024, successful Waukegan, Illinois. (Nam Y. Huh-Pool/Getty Images)

Crimo allegedly climbed connected a extortion supra the Fourth of July parade successful downtown Highland Park, 30 miles northbound of Chicago, and opened occurrence connected spectators with a legally purchased Smith & Wesson M&P 15 rifle.

The 7 victims who died successful the shooting are Jacki Sundheim, 63; Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, 78; Irina McCarthy, 35, and Kevin McCarthy, 37; Katherine Goldstein, 64; Stephen Straus, 88; and Edwardo Uvaldo, 69.

Robert E. Crimo III watches the assemblage enactment process during the archetypal time of his proceedings astatine the Lake County Courthouse, Waukegan, Illinois, connected Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool, File)

The roadworthy to a proceedings was bumpy, with delays partially owed to Crimo’s unpredictability, including his rejection of a plea woody that adjacent amazed his attorneys. As imaginable jurors were questioned past week, helium sporadically appeared successful court, astatine times refusing to permission his jailhouse cell.

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At 1 point, Crimo fired his nationalist defenders and said helium would correspond himself, past abruptly reversed himself.

Crimo changed his plea to blameworthy connected each 69 charges, 21 counts of first-degree execution – 3 counts for each idiosyncratic killed. (Photo by Nam Y. Huh-Pool/Getty Images, File)

His father, Robert Crimo Jr., a onetime mayoral candidate, was charged successful transportation with however his lad obtained a weapon license. He pleaded blameworthy successful 2023 to 7 misdemeanor counts of reckless behaviour and served little than 2 months successful jail.

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Fox News' Patrick McGovern and Audrey Conklin, on with The Associated Press, contributed to this report.