WAUKEGAN, Ill. — The father of a man charged in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago pleaded guilty to seven misdemeanors Monday in a case that centered on how his son obtained a gun license.
Robert E. Crimo Jr., right talks as he appears before Judge George D. Strickland at the Lake County Courthouse, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Waukegan, Ill. The father of a man charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago is scheduled for a bench trial started Monday on charges that he helped his son obtain a gun license years before the attack. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool)
Robert E. Crimo Jr., talks to his attorney George Gomez as he appears before Judge George D. Strickland at the Lake County Courthouse, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Waukegan, Ill. The father of a man charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago is scheduled for a bench trial started Monday on charges that he helped his son obtain a gun license years before the attack. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool)
Robert E. Crimo Jr., right talks as he appears before Judge George D. Strickland at the Lake County Courthouse, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Waukegan, Ill. The father of a man charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago is scheduled for a bench trial started Monday on charges that he helped his son obtain a gun license years before the attack. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool)
Robert E. Crimo Jr., talks to his attorney George Gomez as he appears before Judge George D. Strickland at the Lake County Courthouse, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Waukegan, Ill. The father of a man charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago is scheduled for a bench trial started Monday on charges that he helped his son obtain a gun license years before the attack. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool)