Tuesday 1 November 2022 09:13 PM Fourth of July parade mass shooter Robert Crimo waves a PEACE SIGN as he ... trends now
Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since August and even flashed a peace sign towards prosecutors as they handed his defense 2,500 pages of evidence against him.
Crimo was indicted on 117 felony counts for the deaths of seven people and dozens of injuries during a mass shooting during a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
Despite the evidence, which includes audio and video recordings, he has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is being held without bail.
Prosecutors have said Crimo admitted to the shooting once police arrested him.
Crimo's defense lawyer, Anton Trizna, has not yet requested a trial for his client and said that based on the amount of evidence they needed to read and organize, there shouldn't be another court date in the near future.
Judge Victoria Rossetti set the next case management hearing for January 2023.
Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo appeared in court Tuesday and flashed a peace sign as prosecutors revealed they had over 2,500 pages of evidence against him
Crimo has pleaded not guilty to 21 counts of first-degree murder, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery
He fled from the shooting disguised as a female and hid for eight hours before police spotted him driving on a highway and arrested him
He has pleaded not guilty to 21 counts of first-degree murder, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery.
The multiple first-degree murder charges allege Crimo intended to kill, caused death or great bodily harm and took action with a strong probability of causing death or great bodily harm on the seven people who died.
He has been named in multiple civil lawsuits that have been filed against him, his father who approved his gun license and the manufacturer of the gun he used, Smith and Wesson.
Cops say Crimo opened fire from the rooftop of a local store, into a crowd who at first confused the sound of gunshots with Independence Day fireworks.
Many bystanders described multiple rounds being fired in quick succession, alleging they first confused the sound of gunshots with Independence Day fireworks.
Crimo dressed up as a woman to carry out the attack and was able to flee in the crowd because of the disguise, cops revealed.
After the attack, he fled among frightened paradegoers, pretending to be one of the victims, and went to his mother's house.
Police said they do not think she knew that he was the shooter when he asked her for her car.
She gave it to him and he fled the area, but only made it eight miles before an officer spotted him and made the arrest.
Crimo allegedly used an assault rifle to cause devastating injuries to the unsuspecting paradegoers.
He legally purchased the two rifles along with other guns in the local area, despite a ban on assault rifles in Highland Park, buying them at multiple locations.
'The people who were gone were blown up by that gunfire,' said Dr. David Baum, a long time obstetrician in Highland Park who attended the parade.
'The horrific scene of some of those bodies is unspeakable for the average person,' he added.
This is the moment Crimo was finally arrested, eight hours after unleashing terror at the parade in Highland Park
The gunman opened fire at 10.14am, barely 15 minutes into the parade. He then fled the scene and hid throughout the day before eventually being arrested
The 22-year-old owned multiple weapons, including two rifles - one that was allegedly used in the attack and another that was found in his vehicle when he was arrested at 6.30pm the same night.
Among the seven victims was also synagogue teacher Jacki Sundheim, a married mother, and grandfather Nicolas Toledo, 78.
Also killed were Irina McCarthy, 35, and her husband Kevin McCarthy, 37, whose
