A judge has found a Joliet man guilty of first-degree murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of a man in the alley behind his Chicago Street apartment.
Prosecutors say Aloysius Alexander, 31, of the 300 block of North Bluff Street, shot Johnny Lockhart, 59, in an alley in the 500 block of North Chicago Street Dec. 6, 2014. Alexander is also alleged to have shot the victim’s son, Ledontia Lockhart, who survived and testified against Alexander during a bench trial that concluded earlier this month.
Circuit Judge Carla Alessio Policandriotes, who presided over the bench trial, also found Alexander guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm for shooting Ledontia Lockhart, as well as unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.
The defendant faces up to life in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 2.