Crime & Safety
Man Gets One Year In Prison For Gunshots That led To Officers' Deaths
Brown was sentenced Wednesday. Court records show he pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
CHICAGO (CBS) — As CBS 2’s Meredith Barack reported, Edward Brown is not facing more time behind bars because of his lack of a criminal record, and because he is not legally responsible for the officers’ deaths.
Brown was sentenced Wednesday. Court records show he pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. The sentencing comes more than two years after officers Conrad Gary and Eduardo Marmolejo responded to a ShotSpotter alert near 101st Street and Dauphin Avenue in the Rosemoor neighborhood. The officers were struck and killed instantly by a South Shore Line train while pursuing Brown, who admitted he had been firing shots near the railroad tracks.
