A Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for murdering the mother of his children while he was on bail for gun charges.
Edward Roscoe, 33, pleaded guilty on Monday to fatally shooting 30-year-old Jessica Johnson inside her SUV on April 25, 2021, and to possessing a firearm in the earlier case. Judge Joanne Rosado sentenced him to 27 years for the murder and a consecutive three years for the gun charge.
Johnson was driving with Roscoe in her passenger seat when the city’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection system alerted police to shots fired in the 500 block of East 103rd Street around 10:20 p.m…