A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison for his role in a shooting in Calumet City in 2021 that permanently injured a bystander, according to authorities.
Anthony Hayes, 27, of Dolton, was sentenced to 20 years and eight months on Monday, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.
Hayes and Jamari Williams, 26, allegedly shot multiple bullets at Reginald Daniels, 33, on August 9, 2021, in the parking lot of an auto repair shop.
Daniels, along with another individual, sustained injuries. As Hayes and Williams ran, Daniels fired, hitting a bystander driving close, according to officials. The bystander sustained life-altering injuries.
Three days later, authorities searched Hayes’ home and discovered eight firearms, including the ones used in the shooting, according to prosecutors.
Hayes, Williams, and Daniels were indicted in federal court in 2022 and have been detained since.
Guilty Pleas: Hayes pled guilty earlier this year to unauthorized possession of firearms and ammunition. Williams and Daniels, both from Chicago, pled guilty to federal firearms offenses.
Williams was sentenced to 10 years in prison last month, while Daniels received eight and a half years in June.
What they’re saying: “By letting loose a hail of bullets towards an open business abutting a busy four-lane thoroughfare, defendant threatened countless other repair shop customers, employees, and passersby,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Mower argued in the government’s sentencing memorandum in Hayes’s case. “Justice accordingly demands commensurate punishment.”
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