A Chicago man was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years on Friday for fatally shooting two friends in the head and wounding two others during a 2018 birthday outing on Michigan Avenue in the Loop.
A Cook County jury convicted 46-year-old Marquis Watkins in May of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery by discharging a firearm, court records show. On Friday, Judge Mary Brosnahan handed down his sentence.
The shootings occurred just after midnight on October 1, 2018, as Watkins and four longtime friends drove along the 500 block of South Michigan Avenue in a Chrysler 300. The group had gathered downtown to celebrate the 29th birthday of Bruce Miller, who was riding in the front passenger seat next to Watkins…