A man who was involved in an armed robbery that ended with the victim being shot by an accomplice in River North was given a 10-year sentence on Friday.
Eric Purdis, 33, pleaded guilty to armed robbery in exchange for the sentence from Judge Shelley Sutker-Dermer, according to court records.
The robbery occurred around 5:30 a.m. on September 23, 2023, outside a convenience store in the 400 block of North State. Chicago cops initially responded to calls of shots fired and a person shot, but they didn’t find anyone injured. They did, however, find broken glass outside a Subway restaurant and shell casings on the ground…