CHAMAPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A man accused of attempted murder in connection to a shooting that took place last year was sentenced to prison Wednesday.
19-year-old Fred Fairfax of Chicago pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a firearm, which is a Class X felony. A charge of attempt murder and armed robbery were dismissed as part of a plea deal, and Fairfax was sentenced to 24 years in prison.
This sentence comes more than a year after officers were called out to a shooting that left a 24-year-old Champaign man with potentially life-threatening gunshot wounds…