Opening of arguments in the trial against the accused Highland Park Shooter to start Monday – NBC Chicago

The opening statements should start on Monday with the murder process against the accused Highland Park Parade shooter Robert Crimo III.

The public prosecutor charged Crimo for the first 21 murder, three for each of the seven victims who were killed in the attack on July 4, 2022, and 48 cases of murder attempt murder.

Jury selection Wednesday, selected with six men and six women. Six alternative jurors were also selected.

On Monday, Lake County's prosecutors tried to drop 48 cases of a tightened battery with a firearm, with judge Victoria Rossetti signing the application.

Officials from the Lake district did not comment on why, according to reports from the Associated Press, they dropped the less serious charges in the case, and no reason was given in court.

The legal case has won several twists, with crimo picking up from a plaice deal last summer. Instead, he had decided not to commit himself and had tried to represent himself in the case, even though he has defender again for the trial while it is in progress.

The prosecutors handed over thousands of pages to evidence and videos of Crimo's survey, where, according to the police, he allegedly confessed to the shootout.

Defenders tried to rule out this video from the court hearing and argue that crimos were violated constitutional rights. According to the Associated Press, the video detectives that repeats crimo shows whether he understood his Miranda rights during the survey.

Crimo's father, Robert Crimo Jr., said in 2023 after signing a sponsorship with whom he enabled him to apply for a weapon license. He had signed sponsorship, even after a relative from the police reported that Crimo III had had violent threats in the past.

Crimo's father and mother were both on Monday, February 24th, in the courtroom when the trial began.

“I love my son very much. I fully support his decision to stand in court in this case. Like every person in this country, Bobby deserves the presumption of innocence and a fair procedure, ”he said in a statement.

When the jury's selection continued, the victims of the shootout said that they were hoping during the trial in the courtroom, and expressed hope that crimo did not “move through an emotional roller coaster ride in the coming weeks”.

“I hope that he will not go through the victims through an emotional roller coaster ride and those who have to testify,” Shane Seelig told NBC News. “I saw him before he answered the judge, turn around and look at the victims and sees what their reaction is and how they hang on his words. And it is pretty frightening to see. “