A Vernon Hills man has been sentenced to 32 years in prison after he fatally shot a man in the parking lot of Gurnee Mills in 2021.
Joey Gonzalez, 27, was convicted of second-degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon on June 14 following a five-day trial. On Nov. 27, 2021, Gurnee officers responded to a report of shots fired in the Gurnee Mills parking lot where they found 26-year-old Jonathan Denicolas, who was being helped by a good Samaritan. Denicolas was taken to a local hospital where he died from his wounds a few hours later.
At the sentencing hearing, a Lake County judge heard evidence of two separate gun incidents that Gonzalez was involved in after the shooting, and a victim-impact statement written by the mother of the victim. In the statement that was read in open court, the victim's mother described him as being a playful, loving young man and said that Gonzalez took a big piece of her and her family’s lives.
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