A Back of the Yards man has been sentenced to 28 years in prison in the shooting of two women in 2014, according to court records.
David Ochoa, 22, of the 4800 block of S. Laflin Street in Back of the Yards, was found -guilty by a jury Aug. 16 of aggravated battery of the two women and aggravated discharge of a firearm, according to court records. Cook County Judge Evelyn Clay sentenced Ochoa on Wednesday, according to records.
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The shooting happened about 10:20 p.m. Jan. 23, 2014, in the 4400 block of South Marshfield Avenue, police said when he was charged in March 2015. A 21-year-old woman was shot in the leg and was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in serious condition. A 20-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the hand and buttocks and refused treatment at the scene.
At the time of the shooting, police said that the two women had been walking on Marshfield Avenue when a dark-colored SUV pulled up and an attacker stepped out, police said. The offender yelled “Saint killer,” fired shots and then fled the scene in the SUV, police said.
Police said at the time that the 20-year-old woman was a documented gang member.