Illinois man accused of shooting Hayland Park to confront the trial 3 years after the attack

• Robert Komo III is scheduled to face a mass fire on the 2022 independence day in Hailand Park, Illinois.
• CRIMO 21 faces first -degree murder, three charges for everyone who has been killed, as well as 48 charges of attempted murder.
• Police say Komo has confessed to shooting during a registered interrogation on a video, but the 24 -year -old has admitted that he has not been guilty since then.

Suburb trial Chicago man Accused of collective fire at the 2022 Independence Day, which killed seven people, and dozens were injured to start the two.

Robert Komo III faces 21 charges of first -degree killing, three charges for every person killing, as well as 48 charges of attempted murder. Prosecutors dropped 48 charges less dangerous than the strict battery before choosing the jury last week.

The road to trial was rugged, with a partial delay due to the inability to predict CRIMO, including Refuse This even surprised his lawyer. With the interrogation of potential jury last week, he appeared intermittently in court, and sometimes he refused to leave his cell prison.

The former Chicago mayor has torn the current city leaders to focus on the bathroom room and the cabinet room instead of crime and education

The authorities claimed that Crimo floats on a roof and called crowds assembled in the annual July 4 procession in the center of Hailand Park, 30 miles north of Chicago.

Prosecutors presented thousands of pages of evidence, in addition to hours of interrogation recorded in the video, with which police say that Karimo confessed to shooting. But the 24 -year -old has admitted that he was not guilty.

Defense lawyers refused to comment before the trial, which is expected to last for about a month.

His father, Robert Como JuniorA mayor’s candidate was charged simultaneously regarding how his son obtained a gun license. He admitted that he was guilty in 2023 to seven charges of misdemeanor of reckless behavior and served less than two months in prison.

He attended his son’s sessions, and sometimes he called him during the court. He refused to discuss the case in detail before the trial.

He said: “A parent, I love my son so much.” “And Boby loves this country more than anyone knows.”

Public Prosecutors are planning to communicate with multiple law enforcement employees and survivors of shooting to testify. They will also display CRIMO videos of the police. Some videos have already been shown in the court as the prosecutors tried to expel in vain.

The wrong Crimo behavior contributed to court delays.

he General defenders launched it He said he would represent himself, then suddenly reflected himself. In June 2024, when he was expected to accept the approval of guilt and give victims and relatives an opportunity to publicly address him, he arrived at the court in a wheelchair and rejected the deal.

The residents of the Hayland Park community of the wealthy of about 30,000 placed a deepest losses along the Michigan Lake. Some potential jurors were exempted for their prayers.

The city leaders canceled the usual show in 2023, and they chose “community walking”. Last year was re -showed on a different road and with a memorial to the victims.

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“Our community is reminded again of the tremendous pain and shocks caused by the shooting of Hayland Park,” the Hayland Park Nancy Nancy said in a statement before choosing the jury. “Our hearts remain with the victims, their families, and all those whose lives have changed forever on that devastating day.”

The victims who were killed in shooting Catherine Goldstein included 64; Jacqueline Sondheim, 63; Stephen Strauss, 88; Nicholas Toulido Zaraja, 78; Eduardo Uvaldo, 69; The couple married Kevin McCarthy, 37, and Irina McCarthy, 35.

Survivors and their families filed multiple lawsuits, including against the semi -automatic gun maker used to shoot and against the authorities who are accused of neglect.