ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Marquzise Alexander, 22, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the murder of Devonte Simmons in 2022. His three co-defendants in the killing have already been convicted.
Simmons, 18, was found shot to death in a driveway on Pleasant Avenue on March 24th, 2022, after Angelo Woods, Shon Davis, Kenneth Alexander, and Marquzise Alexander conspired to rob him of his gun, prosecutors said.
Detectives learned that the four co-conspirators picked Simmons up at his home and drove around, with Davis driving and Kenneth Alexander in the front passenger seat.
The shots that killed him were fired from the back seat, where Woods and Marquzise Alexander were sitting…