A guy who fired rounds at a pursuing police officer while carjacking a car in a Chicago suburb has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.
On February 12, 2021, David Johnson carjacked a car in Orland Park, Illinois. Johnson came up to the victim, who was sitting in his car on the street outside his house, held a gun at his head, and demanded the key. Johnson took off with the car, taking the police on a fast-paced pursuit into Chicago, where he collided with another vehicle in the Morgan Park area of the city.
After that, Johnson shot at a police officer in Oak Forest, Illinois, who was chasing him while running away on foot.
Shortly after, Johnson was taken into custody by Chicago Police officers. Johnson was serving a court-supervised release sentence after being imprisoned for a previous federal weapons offense at the time of the carjacking.
Johnson, 27, of Chicago, entered a guilty plea to federal charges of carjacking and possessing a handgun earlier this year. The punishment was handed out on Thursday at a hearing in federal court in Chicago by U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin.
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Morris Pasqual, the acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Christopher Amon, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ Chicago Field Division, made the announcement regarding the sentencing.
The Chicago Police Department, the Orland Park Police Department, and the Oak Forest Police Department all contributed significantly to the investigation. Elie Zenner, an assistant U.S. attorney, represented the government.
