A Chicago man who killed his half-sister’s longtime boyfriend whereas on digital monitoring for a separate capturing case has been sentenced to 58 years in jail.
Decide Nicholas Kantas discovered 35-year-old Kevin Bennett responsible of homicide and illegal possession of a weapon by a felon throughout a bench trial in July. He imposed the sentence final week on the Leighton Felony Courthouse.
Prosecutors mentioned Bennett was dwelling on digital monitoring at his mom’s house in Woodlawn in August 2022 whereas awaiting trial for a 2020 capturing. Round that point, Bennett’s half-sister and her 29-year-old boyfriend, who had been collectively for seven years, moved into the identical home.
Prosecutors mentioned Bennett was overtly hostile towards the boyfriend and repeatedly advised his mom and half-sister that he needed to kill him. Six days after the couple moved in, Bennett waited at the hours of darkness eating room for them to return house from a birthday celebration, based on prosecutors.
After they arrived, Bennett allegedly confronted the sufferer, referred to as him a “b**** a** n*****,” and advised him he in all probability thought Bennett wouldn’t do something to him. From about 5 toes away, Bennett shot the person as soon as within the chest, killing him, prosecutors mentioned.
Bennett’s half-sister fled to a bed room together with her mom and locked the door, however Bennett kicked it open, threatened to kill her, and racked his gun as if it had jammed, prosecutors mentioned. He then allegedly threw the gun out a window into an deserted home subsequent door and fled the scene.
Police later recovered the gun inside that deserted house together with a cat belonging to Bennett’s mom. Investigators discovered a shell casing within the animal’s mouth, which was collected as proof.
Bennett’s ankle monitor was discovered greater than six miles from the capturing scene. Officers arrested him the next day below a viaduct in Hyde Park.
Bennett had been on digital monitoring for a November 2020 case by which he was accused of capturing a 29-year-old lady within the 6900 block of South Clyde Avenue. Prosecutors have dropped that case and an escape cost.
Decide Kantas sentenced Bennett to 55 years in jail for homicide, which should be served in full below Illinois regulation, and an extra three years for illegal possession of a weapon. He should serve half of the latter time period consecutively.
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