Two brothers have been sentenced to jail for opening hearth throughout a household gathering in Bronzeville that left two girls wounded as family celebrated a woman’s promenade.
Decide Peggy Chiampas sentenced Davion Seaberry, 26, to eight years in jail and his brother, Raequan Seaberry, 27, to 12 years after every pleaded responsible to aggravated battery by discharging a firearm, in accordance with prosecutors and court docket information.
On the morning of April 8, 2023, the Seaberrys went to the house within the 3800 block of South Indiana Avenue to have a good time their ex-stepfather’s daughter’s promenade. The gathering included a number of relations and kids as younger as 12 weeks previous.
Throughout the occasion, Davion allegedly started yelling at a lady and threatened to kill his ex-stepfather when the stepfather intervened. He allegedly slapped the person’s 32-year-old daughter, pulled a gun from his waistband, and pointed it at her. The stepfather, who holds a hid carry license, drew his personal firearm in response, prosecutors mentioned.
As the boys struggled, Raequan and others allegedly grabbed the stepfather’s arm to forestall him from utilizing his weapon. Davion then fired, hanging the 32-year-old girl within the thigh, prosecutors mentioned. They mentioned relations scrambled to take cowl because the stepfather exchanged gunfire with the Seaberry brothers. A 3rd man who accompanied them allegedly joined in with a rifle however has not been recognized or charged.
Prosecutors mentioned Raequan then noticed the stepfather’s 39-year-old daughter hiding close to a parked automobile and shot her within the leg as she ran for security. Her thigh bone shattered, requiring surgeons to implant a everlasting rod, in accordance with court docket filings. Prosecutors mentioned the lady managed to document a short cellphone video displaying each brothers firing their weapons.
On the time of the taking pictures, Davion was already on pretrial launch for a fentanyl-dealing cost, prosecutors mentioned. After the taking pictures, however earlier than he was charged within the case, he was accused in a separate vehicular invasion and stolen automobile case. Decide Chiampas sentenced him to a concurrent 12-year time period for the vehicular invasion, whereas prosecutors dropped the narcotics matter.
Each males should serve a minimum of 85 % of their sentences. With credit score for time spent in custody, Raequan Seaberry is predicted to be paroled in October 2029, whereas Davion is scheduled for launch in August 2033.
