ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – Nearly 10 years after a man was shot and killed across from Auburn Manor Apartments in Rockford, one of the men charged in his death is found guilty.
Ryan Mattingly, 36, of Rockford, was found guilty Thursday, March 26, of one count of first-degree murder during a bench trial before Judge Brendan Maher.
Mattingly was one of two Metro Enforcement officers charged in the April 16, 2016 death of Valentia Jovan Fresco.
Prosecutors said Mattingly and another suspect in the case, Alijon Khalil, were working as security guards for Metro Enforcement and patrolling Auburn Manor Apartments. While on patrol, the guards said they saw Fresco walking on the property and approached him, asking for identification. Fresco ran and the two guards reportedly chased him off of Rockford Housing Authority property…