The Latest Breaking News from Highland Park

Rockets, Fertitta family unveil renovations to Houston hoops court

The Rockets and the family of owner Tilman Fertitta partnered with several Houston entities to renovate the Highland Park basketball court.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 31, 2023

Crimo father’s T-shirt stunt a thumb in the eye of real victims

Father of accused Highland Park gunman pretends he’s the one wronged.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 15, 2023

Judge delays setting trial date for accused Highland Park parade shooter

Judge Victoria Rossetti had said she would set a trial date on Monday for Robert E. Crimo III, but prosecutors asked for three more months to finish gathering evidence.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 11, 2023

Highland Park shooting suspect’s trial date could be set in September

During a hearing at Lake County Courthouse Tuesday, Robert E. Crimo III’s first court appearance since January, his attorney said a trial date could be set by Crimo III’s next appearance Sept. 11.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 9, 2023

Highland Park mom, who survived July 4th shooting, finds strength to join DC march against assault weapons

Lindsey Hartman is ready now. A survivor of the Highland Park parade massacre, it’s taken nine months to overcome her fears and step outside to support a cause that is at the heart of her survival.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 16, 2023

Highland Park survivor at Nashville shooting scene interrupts Fox News cameras to call for gun reform

‘How are our children still dying, and why are we failing them? Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens’

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2023

Biden calls for scrutiny of gun makers marketing weapons to minors

A civil suit filed in last year’s Highland Park July 4th massacre asserts a gun company’s marketing influenced the alleged parade shooter.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 14, 2023

Accused Highland Park shooter may have considered using homemade explosive during attack

A set of FBI affidavits, unsealed in federal court Thursday, seem to offer the most substantive details yet about the closely guarded case. Crimo faces 117 felony counts filed in Lake County for allegedly firing an assault rifle at paradegoers from a rooftop in the north suburb.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 2, 2023

Illinois parade shooting suspect makes brief return to courtroom for case update; 10,000 pages of reports have been shared

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Lake County prosecutors indicated the massive investigation into the July Fourth Highland Park parade shooting is still ongoing during a brief courtroom appearance Tuesday for alleged shooter Robert Crimo III.

Tribune News Service · Jan 31, 2023

Grand jury gets case of July 4 shooting suspect's father

Illinois prosecutors have told a judge they are presenting evidence to a grand jury for a possible indictment against the father of the man charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023