WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- Highland Park parade shooter Robert Crimo III changed his plea to "guilty" right before his trial was about to begin at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan on Monday.

Editor's Note: The suspect in the Highland Park parade shooting appears to have changed his plea to guilty, which means a trial will not move forward. A sentencing date has been set for April 23.

The normalcy of life bounced back quickly in Highland Park. Yet, emotions two-and-a-half years after the deadly Fourth of July shooting remain raw for some residents. Iris Morgan and her twin ...

Robert Crimo III is set to face trial on Monday for a mass shooting at a 2022 Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Crimo faces 21 counts of first-degree murder, three counts for ...

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Robert Crimo III is accused of planning and carrying out the mass shooting during Highland Park's 4th of July Parade, killing seven people and injuring dozens of others. The victims range in age ...

Huh-Pool/Getty Just before the start of his trial for the 2022 Highland Park massacre, shooter Robert Crimo III pleaded guilty to murdering seven people and injuring more than 50 others.

"Our community wanted justice." Crimo is accused of firing into the crowd from a rooftop overlooking the parade in Highland Park, an affluent suburban area 25 miles north of downtown Chicago.

LAKE COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — In a stunning twist, Robert Crimo III on Monday morning pleaded guilty to murder charges connected to the mass shooting at the 2022 Highland Park Independence Day ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — The mother of Highland Park parade shooter Robert Crimo III was admonished by the judge Monday as news emerged in the courtroom of a plea agreement in the high-profile ...

Crimo faces 69 counts of murder from the July 2022 mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. He is set to be sentenced on April 23rd and faces life without parole. NBC News' Shaquille Brewster has ...

The guilty plea came just as his murder trial was about to start, for an attack in a Chicago suburb in 2022 that killed seven people. By Julie Bosman Reporting from Waukegan, Ill. The man accused ...