By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Omar Gunn | Cook County Sheriff’s Dept.
A man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Tuesday for chasing down and shooting 18-year-old Jaleel Pearson in the South Shore neighborhood in 2013.
Omar Gunn, 20, was found guilty of murder on Nov. 30, 2016, after a bench trial before Judge Timothy Joseph Joyce, according to Cook County court records.
Gunn and Pearson were rival gang members, according to prosecutors.
About 6:10 p.m. Sept. 13, 2013, Gunn chased Pearson into a store in the 2200 block of East 71st Street and shot him twice in the arm and chest, authorities said at the time.
Jaleel Pearson |
Pearson died at Stroger Hospital less than an hour later, authorities said.
Judge Joyce sentenced Gunn to 40 years in prison Tuesday, according to court records. He will receive credit for 1,210 days served in the Cook County Jail, and will have to serve three years of supervised release.
A second man charged with Pearson’s murder, 22-year-old Anthony Wells, was found not guilty last year.