Opening statements begin Monday in Highland Park parade shooting trial
Last week, 12 jurors and six alternates were chosen in the murder trial of Robert Crimo III, who is accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more in a at Highland Park's Fourth of July parade in 2022.
The jury includes a man who owns a trucking company, a hospice nurse, a part-time college student dreaming of becoming a firefighter and paramedic, and a woman whose great-grandfather shot two police officers in 1916.
The shooting suspect did not attend the final day of jury selection on Wednesday. During the first two days of jury selection, he was in court for the first half but did not return after each day's lunch break.
The suspect does not need to be in court for the trial to move forward.
Most of the 48 survivors are expected to take the stand during the trial, which is expected to last 3 to 5 weeks.
Those who were killed in the shooting included 64-year-old Katherine Goldstein, 35-year-old Irina McCarthy, 37-year-old Kevin McCarthy, 63-year-old Jacquelyn Sundheim, 88-year-old Stephen Straus, 78-year-old Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, and 69-year-old Eduardo Uvaldo.
The suspect rejected a plea deal last summer.
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