Wheaton, IL – A Chicago-area man has been sentenced to 48 years in prison after a DuPage County jury found him guilty of shooting an eight-months pregnant woman during a roadside attack in early 2022, authorities announced Wednesday.
According to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office, Judge Daniel Guerin issued the sentence after a four-day trial that ended May 23, 2025. Prosecutors said the defendant allegedly shot the woman in the back as she attempted to flee in her vehicle on Route 83 in Willowbrook.
Authorities said the incident began on January 28, 2022, following a verbal altercation inside a grocery store on the 6300 block of Kingery Highway. The dispute allegedly turned physical before all parties left in separate vehicles. Investigators said the victim drove southbound on Route 83 when the defendant followed, allegedly ramming her vehicle several times before firing a gunshot that struck her in the back and caused her to crash.
Willowbrook police responded around 7 p.m. and found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. She was rushed to a local hospital, where doctors delivered the baby during emergency surgery. Both the mother and infant survived and later recovered, officials said.
Later that evening, around 10 p.m., authorities located the defendant at the University of Chicago Hospital, where he had been admitted for an unrelated issue. A vehicle linked to him was discovered on fire approximately one block from the hospital.
The defendant was later charged and held at the DuPage County Jail on $2 million bond before this week’s sentencing. He was convicted of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, and aggravated discharge of a firearm.
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