ELMHURST, Ill. (WGN) – A Melrose Park man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in a 2017 road rage shooting.
The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office said at around 2 p.m. on Oct. 28, 2017, Elmhurst police officers were sent to a crash near York Road and Diversey Avenue. When they arrived, they found only one vehicle with a shattered driver’s side window. The driver of that vehicle was also found outside of the car and bleeding from his face.
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The driver was immediately taken to the hospital where he had surgery for his injuries. Investigators determined he had been shot in the left cheek, with the bullet exiting through his right cheek, according to police.
After conducting their investigation, detectives said Angelo Navarro, 23 years old at the time, and the victim were both waiting at an intersection to turn left with Navarro in front of the victim. The victim then drove around Navarro at the intersection and proceeded to drive away when Navarro started following and began tailgating the victim.
That’s when Navarro then pulled his vehicle into the oncoming traffic lane next to the driver’s side of the victim’s vehicle and shot at the victim’s vehicle through the front passenger side of his own vehicle, hitting the victim in the face, according to investigators…