[NYPOST] The accused mass shooter who is charged with gunning down seven people during the 2022 Highland Park Fourth of July parade rejected a plea deal on Wednesday in front of shocked survivors and family members.Robert Crimo III, 23, had initially agreed to plead guilty to seven murder counts and 48 other charges in exchange for life in prison.
However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
at the last minute, Crimo abruptly backed out of the deal, the Chicago Tribune reports.
The 23-year-old, appeared in a wheel chair, sporting a "47" facial tattoo, which experts previously speculated could be the date of the mass shooting (7/4) in reverse.
Crimo, who was indicted on more than 100 felony counts after opening fire on a crowd of parade goers in the upscale reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...suburb, was silent in court after deputies brought him in on a wheelchair.
When he was asked about the plea deal, Crimo remained quiet, with his attorneys asking for a recess to discuss the deal.
After Crimo and his defense team returned, the suspected mass murderer simply said, "No," to the plea deal, with the judge setting his trial for February 25, 2025.
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