Aspiring rapper who killed seven people in July 4 parade shooting in Illinois pleads guilty to 69 charges

The man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens of others at a Fourth of July parade in 2022 pleaded guilty Monday, just moments before opening arguments in his trial.

Robert E. Crimo III, 23, appeared in the Lake County circuit courtroom wearing a dark suit where he withdrew his not-guilty plea and pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges in the shooting that unfolded in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago .

“Is that what you went over with your attorneys?” Judge Victoria Rossetti asked Crimo after she read the charges. “Yes,” he replied to the judge…

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