Man guilty of firing gun that drew 2 Chicago police officers to their deaths
By AP reporter
CHICAGO - A man who fired a gun in 2018 that prompted two investigating Chicago police officers to venture onto railroad tracks where they were fatally struck by a train pleaded guilty Wednesday to unlawful use of a weapon.
Edward Brown, 26, entered the guilty plea during a Cook County Circuit Court hearing in exchange for a one-year prison sentence.
Prosecutors said Brown found a gun in an alley on Dec. 17, 2018 and took it to nearby train tracks to test it. The gunfire drew Officers Conrad Gary, 31, and Eduardo Marmolejo, 36, to the tracks to investigate, where they were struck by a passing commuter train.
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