His one-time hit show “Empire” had filmed in the Michael Bilandic Building, he told a reporter next to him, and now he was there as his lawyers sought to keep him out of jail.
Alexander Villa was convicted of gunning down Lewis during the armed robbery of a convenience store at Division Street and Austin Boulevard, where Lewis was working as a security guard.
The sentencing of Alexander Villa, found guilty at trial for the 2011 murder of Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis in 2019, has been scheduled for Monday.
Alexander Villa’s lawyers cited emails discovered years after his trial that they claim show police and prosecutors withheld evidence, including cellphone data showing Villa and two other suspects were not at the crime scene when Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis was killed.