Crimo was sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences along with 50 years in prison for each person injured, Judge Victoria A. Rossetti announced on Thursday. ????? ???????  

Robert Crimo III, the gunman who killed seven people and injured dozens in a mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4, 2022, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday. ????????????  

"So, I'm going representing all of us. You know, I'm going because I want to be there as one of us that is going to be next to him in this moment," she said. "And so I bring all the love and the tears of everybody from  the (Rio Grande Valley) from here, from the valley." ?????

Pimentel acknowledged her sadness and grief at the pope's passing, noting that she unexpectedly got the chance to attend his funeral on Saturday. Within 12 hours of his death on Monday, a stranger called her office and asked to sponsor her journey to the ceremony. A journalist that traveled with the pope has also offered her a place to stay. ?????

The pontiff also recognized Pimentel's work with immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, where she helped provide shelter, food and comfort to thousands of migrants in crisis. ????????????