Man gets 8 years for shooting 16-year-old near the Mag Mile

A man received an 8-year sentence on Thursday after pleading guilty to attempted murder for shooting a 16-year-old boy near the Magnificent Mile last year.

Prosecutors said 20-year-old Jasean Butler fired several shots toward the teen at the corner of Wabash Avenue and Chicago Avenue around 4:45 p.m. on August 2, 2024. Bullets struck the boy in the shoulder and also hit a 24-year-old man who was standing nearby.

The shooting was recorded by a Chicago police surveillance camera and security cameras at a nearby Chick-fil-A, according to court records. A CPD surveillance officer who reviewed multiple video feeds determined that the gunman fled onto a southbound Red Line train at the State-Chicago stop, a police report stated…

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