ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A man with a history of criminal activity and shootings in Rockford has been sentenced to spend 15 years in prison after being convicted in three separate violent incidents in the past two years.
According to Winnebago County State’s Attorney J. Hanley, Derrian Gamill, 23, pleaded guilty to two counts of Aggravated Battery with a Firearm and one count of Residential Burglary.
On February 14th, Rockford Police responded to the Rockford Ridge Apartments (formerly Concord Commons), in the 3000 block of Elm Street, and located a victim who sustained gunshot wounds to the hip and finger, according to authorities.
Officials were able to identify Gamill on surveillance video before and after the shooting.
Five days later, Gamill was accused of a shooting at the same apartment complex, according to police.
Witnesses told police that Gamill was shooting at an apartment and woke the residents up at 3:18 a.m. on February 19th. No one was injured, but property was damaged, police said.