Robert Crimto, Highland Park, on July 4

Just before the beginning of his judgment for him 2022 Highland Park MassacreThe shooter Robert Crimeo III declared himself guilty of murdering seven people and wounding more than 50.

On Monday, March 3, Crimpo, 24 years ABC 7 Chicago information.

Position was accused of 69 positions of murder and attempt to murder for opening fire in a parade on July 4 in the rich suburb of Chicago of Highland Park with a semi -automatic rifle of a roof in the central commercial district of the city.

While the terrified people ran through their lives, Crimto disguised himself as a woman to mix with the crowd and hide his notable tattoos of face and neck as he fled to his mother’s house, police said at that time, Kron 4 information.

After rejecting a guilt of prosecutors in June, on Monday, Crimpo declared itself guilty of the 69 criminal charges, WNG 9 information.

Before he declared himself guilty, Crimto’s mother, Denise Pesina, tried to prevent her from changing her statement, saying that the case had been sent to the Federal Court and that she should not have been tried in Lake County, WTTW information.

The state prosecutor of Lake County, Eric Rinehart, made clear at a press conference after the guilt declaration “was not a negotiation, this was not an agreement,” Wgn reports. “He made a free decision to declare himself guilty of each position. He received nothing in exchange for this plea today.”

Rinehart said he only learned of the decision to declare himself guilty in the morning of the trial, reports WTTW.

The decision to take an “open supplication” allows a defendant to be sentenced only by a judge without recommendations for the sentence of prosecutors negotiated in a guilt, according to WTTW.

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Position declared himself guilty of 21 first -degree murder positions, three positions for each of the 7 victims he killed, and 48 positions of murder attempt, according to WTTW.

When the judge asked Crimgo if “he understood this,” he replied: “Yes.”

It is scheduled that Crimpo will be sentenced on April 23. He faces life in state prison.

In a statement on Facebook, Mayor Nancy Rothering said: “Our thoughts and hearts remain with families whose loved ones were taken meaningless, those who were injured and all whose lives were changed forever by this horrible act.”

The declaration of guilt of charge “is an important step towards justice, but does not erase pain,” he said.

She ended up saying: “We continue together and continue committed to supporting the victims, their families and our entire community as we advance together like a highland park.”