Man Gets 25 Years For Deadly Robbery That Claimed Life Of Cohort
CHICAGO (STMW) -- A Pullman man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday after he admitted he robbed an off-duty Cook County Sheriff's sergeant who ended up shooting one of his accomplices during the crime.
Devante Graham, 20, was originally charged with murder based on the theory of accountability tied to the February 2014 incident outside a Citgo gas station in the 700 block of East 103rd Street.
That charge and others were dropped after Graham pleaded guilty to armed robbery before Judge James Linn on Tuesday, according to court records.
Emmanuel Johnson, now 17, also was charged in the murder of his cohort Deonta Mackey. He is still awaiting trial.
Mackey, who was armed with a 9 mm semi-automatic gun, was killed when he and the two others tried to rob the off-duty sergeant, prosecutors said.
Graham allegedly threatened the officer's life and demanded he turn over all his money and the contents of his pockets.
The officer gave 16-year-old Mackey money and gum, while Johnson went into the officer's car and started rummaging through the glove box, court records show.
When Mackey, still pointing the gun at the officer, asked him to turn over his wallet and car keys, the officer reached into his pockets, grabbed his gun and shot Mackey, prosecutors said.
Graham and Johnson fled. Johnson, who dropped a bag he had taken from the officer's vehicle, and Graham eventually turned themselves in.
After the shooting, many Chicago Public Schools students told authorities the suspects had posted pictures of themselves with guns on Facebook, prosecutors had said.
Detectives later determined one of the weapons in the pictures was used in the deadly robbery, authorities said.
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