Chicago-area Fourth of July parade shooting suspect Robert Crimmo appears in court | Media Pyro

The gunman suspected of killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago appeared in court Tuesday, though no trial date has been set on the calendar.

During a second hearing Tuesday in Lake County Court in Waukegan, Illinois, Judge Victoria A. While listening to Rossetti, Robert E. Crimson III put on his mask and bowed his head.

Crimo III, 22, killed seven people and wounded dozens more in a July 4 shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Tuesday was his first day in court since August 3. He pleaded not guilty to 117 offences.

Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said the prosecution has collected 2,500 pages of written discovery so far, including videos, photos and audio recordings.

Highland Park Fourth of July shooting suspect Robert Crimmo indicted on 117 counts

Robert E. Crimo III will appear after a second hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Lake County Court in Waukegan, Ill.
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“You have information on all the victims, you have information on all the witnesses, you have a downtown business district that has surveillance video, you have all the police officers that spoke to the witness, all the police officers are gathering information,” Rinehart said, CBS News reports. “So all of that information needs to be provided to the defense in a systematic, catalog fashion. That’s what we do.”

The defense said it does not want to set a trial date yet. Crimo’s attorney, Lake County Assistant Public Defender Anton Trisna, argued that more time was needed to read and organize discovery.

Robert E. Crimo III, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Lake County Court, Waukegan, before Judge Victoria A. Sitting during Rossetti’s second hearing.
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Cremo climbed onto a roof above the Fourth of July parade on Central Avenue in Highland Park and opened fire on spectators with a legally purchased Smith & Wesson M&P 15 rifle, authorities said.

He left the weapon at the scene and dressed as a woman and blended into the crowd. But prosecutors say he had another rifle with him when he drove to Madison, Wisconsin, and was planning a second mass shooting that never materialized.

Robert E. Denise Pesina, mother of Crimo III, speaks to Judge Victoria A. during her son’s second hearing Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Lake County Court. Listening to Rossetti.
(AP Photo/Nam Y. Hah, Poole)

Within hours, Crimo was identified as a person of interest and arrested when a North Chicago police officer spotted him in his car on U.S. Route 41, the Chicago Tribune reported.

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At the next case management update on Jan. 31, 2023 at 11 a.m., the prosecution and defense agreed, victims’ families were also in court, and accommodations were made for Spanish speakers, CBS News reported.