


ILLINOIS
Defendant pleads guilty in parade shooting case

FILE — CLOTHES AND OTHER POSSESSIONS LEFT BY THOSE WHO FLED DURING A SHOOTING AT A FOURTH OF JULY PARADE IN HIGHLAND PARK, ILL., A SUBURB OF CHICAGO, JULY, 5, 2022. THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING SEVEN PEOPLE AT THE PARADE PLEADED GUILTY ON MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2025, AS HIS MURDER TRIAL WAS ABOUT TO START. (SEBASTIAN HIDALGO/THE NEW YORK TIMES)
Robert Crimo III changed his plea to 69 criminal counts, including the murder of seven people at a parade. PAGE A7