Prosecutors of Highland Park parade shooting suspect seek to admit banking receipt tied to gun in trial

The Lake County state's attorney's office wants to admit banking records at Robert Crimo III's upcoming trial that show how he paid for the weapon allegedly used to kill seven people at the 2022 Highland Park Fourth of July parade.

A motion filed in Lake County court last week says that Crimo paid an online gun shop $544.69 on Feb. 7, 2020, for a Smith and Wesson M&P Sport II firearm. The gun was shipped to Red Dot Arms in Villa Park, where Crimo paid a $25 processing fee to receive the gun, according to the motion.

The prosecution's motion seeks to admit bank records from Crimo's checking account at Highland Park Bank and Trust, a Wintrust Community Bank. Prosecutors say he used the gun to shoot 55 people at the parade, seven of whom died.

Crimo was expected to appear in court again Wednesday, but the date was rescheduled for Sept. 12 due to a scheduling conflict, the motion states.

It is Crimo's first scheduled court appearance since June 26, when Crimo dramatically rejected a plea deal he had worked out with prosecutors that would have given him a life sentence. Crimo's trial on dozens of murder counts, which could also land him a life sentence, remains scheduled for Feb. 24.