CHICAGO — A person who received shot when he unwisely opened hearth on a hid carry holder’s automobile at a Chicago McDonald’s has been given an eight-year jail sentence.
Giovanni Castanon, 21, had three felony circumstances pending in juvenile courtroom when he approached the sufferer’s automobile outdoors the restaurant on 106th Avenue close to the Indiana border in July 2022, officers stated.
Prosecutors stated a masked man approached the automobile and commenced yelling on the 49-year-old hid carry holder and the sufferer’s 11-year-old daughter, who was within the again seat. The masked man, later recognized as Castanon, pulled out a gun and fired a number of photographs on the automobile, prompting the licensed gun proprietor to return hearth.
Castanon fired extra photographs towards the automobile as he ran away, prosecutors stated. Cops discovered him in a close-by residential storage with gunshot wounds to his hand, arm, and foot. Prosecutors stated investigators by no means discovered the gun Castanon used to shoot on the victims.
Police discovered bullet holes on the sufferer’s passenger-side door, hood, and tire. Nonetheless, neither the hid carry holder nor his daughter had been damage. The restaurant’s safety cameras recorded the whole incident.
On Monday, Castanon pleaded responsible to 2 counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm towards an occupied car earlier than Choose Natosha Toller. Prosecutors dropped seven different felony prices, together with 4 counts of tried homicide.
Castanon should serve 85% of his sentence earlier than turning into eligible for launch. Particulars concerning the outcomes of his three pending juvenile circumstances are unavailable as a result of these courtroom data are shielded from public evaluate.
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