The words of those who submitted statements or testified help paint a picture of the extent of the tragedy that shocked the community in and around Highland Park and Lake County

Robert Crimo III, 24, the Illinois man who opened fire at a Chicago July Fourth parade in 2022, killing seven people and wounding 48, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Judge Victoria Rossetti told a courtroom full of survivors of the 2022 attack that Crimo would serve seven life sentences, one after another.