Robert Crimo Iii

Mass Murderer

Robert Eugene Crimo III – Highland Park Mass Murderer (2022)

Overview

On July 4, 2022, during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, 21-year-old Robert Eugene Crimo III opened fire on paradegoers from a rooftop using a semi-automatic rifle. He killed seven people and wounded dozens more. Authorities arrested him about eight hours later.

Details of the Attack

- **Date and Time:** July 4, 2022, at approximately 10:14 a.m. CDT—roughly 15 minutes after the parade began. - **Method:** Fired from the rooftop of the Ross Cosmetics building on Central Avenue & 2nd Street using a Smith & Wesson M&P15 rifle with three 30-round magazines; about 83 shots were fired. - **Victims:** Seven people killed, 48 wounded by bullets or shrapnel. - **Escape and Arrest:** Crimo fled, disguising himself as a woman to hide his tattoos and blend with the crowd, drove toward Madison, Wisconsin pondering another attack, but was apprehended near Lake Forest about eight hours after the shooting.

Victims (Names, Ages, Locations)

Killed in the massacre were:

• Irina McCarthy (35), parent, died shielding her child
• Kevin McCarthy (37), parent, died shielding his child
• Jacki Sundheim (63)
• Katherine Goldstein (64)
• Eduardo Uvaldo (69)
• Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza (78)
• Stephen Straus (88)

Some sources—like Reuters—add that victims included “a synagogue teacher, a Mexican grandfather, and the parents of a two-year-old child.” ...Read More

Confirmed Victims: (7)

Katherine Goldstein 64 yr old Female

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