Where the Alleged Highland Park Gunman’s Case Stands
Clip: 7/3/2023 | 2m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
A look at the ongoing court case of the man charged in the Highland Park mass shooting.
As Highland Park residents and officials reflect on last year’s Fourth of July parade massacre and remember those lost in the violence, the alleged gunman and his father are each expected to face separate trials in the coming months.
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Where the Alleged Highland Park Gunman’s Case Stands
Clip: 7/3/2023 | 2m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
As Highland Park residents and officials reflect on last year’s Fourth of July parade massacre and remember those lost in the violence, the alleged gunman and his father are each expected to face separate trials in the coming months.
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>> Reporter: AS HIGH LANT LAND PARK RESIDENTS REFLECT ON LAST YEAR'S PARADE MASSACRE AND REMEMBER THOSE LOST IN THE VIOLENCE, THE GUNMAN AND FATHER ARE EXPECTED TO FACE SEPARATE TRIALS IN THE COMING MONTHS.
MATT JOINS US WITH MORE.
MATT, THE GUNMAN IS ROBERT CREMO THE THIRD.
REMIND US WHAT CHARGES HE WAS FACING.
>> HE WAS 20 COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, THAT'S THREE FOR EACH HE KILL AND 48 COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MUSHED AND BATTERY, THOSE CAME FROM THE PARADE WHERE HE ACCESSED A BUILDING AND FIRED 80 SHOTS DOWN ON PARADE GOERS, KILLING 7 AND INJURED OTHERS.
HE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM HIGHLAND PARK WHERE HE WAS FOUND LATE HERB U.
WHAT CHARGES DOES THE FATHER FACE.
>> HE WAS CHARGE ON SEVEN COUNTS OF RECKLESS CONDUCT, THAT'S ONE FOR EACH OF THE VICTIMS.
PROSECUTORS ALLEGED HE WAS CRIMINALLY WRECKAGE WHEN HE SPONSORED HIS SON'S FOD APPLICATION.
THE SON HAD MULTIPLE INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE, WHERE HE THREATENED TO KILL PEOPLE.
>> THEY PLEADING IN IN ED NOT GUILTY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CASES.
>> IT'S COMING LATER IN THE YEAR, THE JUDGE WANTS TO SET IT FOR OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.
AS FOR CREMO THE III, HE IS DUE BACK IN COURT NOVEMBER AND BELIEVES
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