Victims of the Highland Park July 4th parade shooting will be allowed to attend the upcoming trial of the alleged shooter, a Lake County judge ruled on Thursday. Prosecutors filed the motion to allow the victims in the courthouse even though many of them could be called as witnesses.

Lake County Judge Victoria Rossetti on Thursday granted a prosecution motion that will allow any victim who is set to testify against Robert Crimo III to remain in court throughout the entirety of his trial.

A judge ruled Thursday that victims of the Highland Park parade mass shooting can be present at the suspect's trial that will begin on Monday with jury selection.

Victims of the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park will be allowed to attend the full duration of the trial, a judge ruled Thursday. Potential witnesses are typically excluded from being inside the courtroom until after they testify.

Before the parade kicks off on July 4, Highland Park will host a remembrance ceremony for the seven people who were killed three years ago.

The city of Highland Park plans to hold an Independence Day parade this year, the second time the north suburb has held the event since seven people were killed during a shooting at its annual parade on July 4,

Victim witnesses to the July 4, 2022, mass shooting in Highland Park can be in the courtroom during the trial of alleged shooter Robert Crimo III, which begins Monday, a Lake County judge ruled.

The trial for Robert Crimo III, the alleged gunman in the 2022 Highland Park Fourth of July parade shooting, is set to begin in Lake County Circuit Court.