text:  And the man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at the Highland Park, Illinois, 4th of July parade in 2022 is backed out of a plea deal. 23-year-old Robert Cremo III initially pled not guilty to dozens of counts of murder and attempted murder in aggravated battery. And in Lake County Court Wednesday, his lawyer saying that he would change that plea to guilty in exchange for some dropped charges and life in prison, only for Cremo to reject that deal in another wound for victims' families.