A man pleaded guilty to murder on Monday for a 2022 mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb that killed seven people, local media reported. Robert Crimo III entered the guilty plea shortly before his trial was set to begin for the shooting in Highland Park that also injured over 40 people,

The man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a 2022 Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb pleaded guilty Monday to murder and attempted murder, just moments before opening arguments in his trial.

An Illinois man pleaded guilty Monday to killing seven people and injuring dozens more when he opened fire on a 2022 Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb, a stunning development moments before opening arguments in his trial on charges of murder and attempted murder.