Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo III sentenced to live in prison​on April 24, 2025 at 9:02 pm

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) — Robert Crimo III has been sentenced to life in prison in connection with the Highland Park parade shooting.

The judge sentenced Crimo to life in prison for each person who was killed and 50 years in prison for each person injured.

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One more victim of the Highland Park parade shooting spoke Thursday morning before arguments begin and then sentencing got underway.

On Wednesday, family members of the people killed on July 4, 2022 in downtown Highland Park expressed their deep loss in a packed Lake County courtroom on the first day of sentencing.

Though Crimo was noticeably absent from court and proceedings continued without him.

Witnesses described in painful detail the terror they experienced that day as gunfire erupted during the parade sharing powerful testimony on how that day has changed their lives.

Other survivors who took the stand describe the parade shooting as a warzone and surreal.

Attorney Lance Northcutt represents the McCarthy Family, who lost two of their loved ones during the parade shooting.

“It’s just mind-boggling the level of tragedy and how that has played itself out again and again in so many families,” Northcutt said.

Keeley Roberts’ son Cooper was left paralyzed after being shot.

She addressed her comments to Crimo saying, “You are now irrelevant to our family and friends. You ruined your life. You did not ruin ours.”

About the victims

• Katherine Goldstein, 64, of Highland Park
• Irina McCarthy, 35, of Highland Park
• Kevin McCarthy, 37, of Highland Park
• Jacquelyn Sundheim, 63, of Highland Park
• Stephen Straus, 88, of Highland Park
• Nicolas Toledo-Zargoza, 78 of Morelos, Mexico
• Eduardo Uvaldo, 69, of Waukegan

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