WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) — Robert Crimo III has been sentenced to life in prison in connection with the Highland Park parade shooting.

The judge gave Crimo seven sentences of life in prison without parole for each of those killed.

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One more victim of the Highland Park parade shooting spoke Thursday morning before arguments began and then sentencing got underway.

Liz Turnipseed, who was wounded in the parade shooting , spoke after the sentencing.

“Today was the culmination of such a long journey that started on July 4th 2022,” Turnipseed said. “While I don’t have closure, it’s closing a chapter on this part of our lives. I don’t have to think about him anymore.”

Ashbey Beasley said it is the closing of a very difficult chapter.

“I think we just all held our breath just to make sure that he would never, ever be free again and now that’s happened, we can exhale,” she said.

Attorney Lance D. Northcutt who the surviving toddler of parents Kevin and Irina McCarthy, who were both killed in the shooting, issued a statement saying, “Today is the beginning of accountability for the heartless criminal who pulled the trigger and marks the end of one chapter in the saga for the victims and families who were affected by this tragedy. Caught in the middle of this chaos and terror was an innocent 2-year-old boy who was robbed of his parents in the most brutal, bloody fashion imaginable. The Highland Park community will be forever marred by the evil of one man that was enabled by others. Today, Judge Rosetti did everything she could possibly do within the context of the criminal court system. But there is more left to do. While true justice could never be done in this case, the civil justice system will now pick up to make sure that we hold accountable all those parties who had any role whatsoever in the tragedy that occurred on July 4, 2022.

On Wednesday, family members of the people killed on July 4, 2022 in downtown Highland Park expressed their deep loss in a packed Lake County courtroom on the first day of sentencing.

Crimo was noticeably absent from court and proceedings continued without him.

Witnesses described in painful detail the terror they experienced that day as gunfire erupted during the parade sharing powerful testimony on how that day has changed their lives.

Other survivors who took the stand describe the parade shooting as a warzone and surreal.

Keeley Roberts’ son Cooper was left paralyzed after being shot.

She addressed her comments to Crimo saying, “You are now irrelevant to our family and friends. You ruined your life. You did not ruin ours.”

The FBI said in a statement, “Though his horrendous actions have life-long impacts, the FBI remains committed to ensuring that the public can enjoy an event, like a4th of July parade, free from violence.”

About the victims

• Katherine Goldstein, 64, of Highland Park




• Irina McCarthy, 35, of Highland Park




• Kevin McCarthy, 37, of Highland Park




• Jacquelyn Sundheim, 63, of Highland Park




• Stephen Straus, 88, of Highland Park




• Nicolas Toledo-Zargoza, 78 of Morelos, Mexico




• Eduardo Uvaldo, 69, of Waukegan

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