Re: Robert Crimo pleads guilty

On 2025-03-04 11:53 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Robert Crimo, who committed mass murder at the Highland Park Illinois
Independence Day parade in 2022, pleaded guilty to all counts.
 A jury had been empanelled. Just before opening arguments on Monday
March 3 2025, he changed his plea to guilty.
 There were three counts on each of the 7 victims he killed,

Do you have any idea why they charged him with first degree murder THREE TIMES for each of the victims? That doesn't make sense to me in the slightest unless the article I read about this screwed up and meant to say that he was charged with 1st degree, 2nd degree and manslaughter for each of the seven victims. I know they do that sometimes if they're not certain they can prove 1st degree murder so that they have fallback charges.

plus
numerous gun charges and attempted murder charges on victims who were
wounded. One little boy survived as a quadriplegic and lots of internal
organ damage.
 

I'm also curious to know if anything is known about this guy's motivation in shooting those people. The photo I saw seemed to show faded face tatoos (or ones that had been "erased" by lasers) so I'm wondering if this was some kind of gang thing?

I make sure to look for the shell casings embedded in the pavers at the
restaurant on Port Clinton Square. He took a sniper position behind a
parapet on the roof of a single-story commercial building across from
the Square to easily fire into the large gathering of parade observers.

I'm a little surprised he surrendered. Mass killers like that tend to either be taken out by the police or do themselves in.
--
Rhino