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Chicago man sentenced to 60 years for 2018 homicide of Northwestern pupil



CHICAGO — The Chicago man discovered responsible for the 2018 homicide of a Northwestern College pupil was sentenced to 60 years in jail.

Diante Pace shot and killed 25-year-old Shane Columbo on Sept. 2, 2018 within the metropolis’s Rogers Park neighborhood.

Police mentioned Columbo was an harmless sufferer caught within the crossfire as he waited at a bus cease close to Howard Avenue and Clark Avenue. He was shot a number of instances.

According to The Chicago Sun-Times, through the sentencing listening to Tuesday, Columbo’s father advised the decide the lack of his son is bigger than any sentence.

Pace’s protection group argued he was appearing in self-defense when he fired his gun at one other man with a weapon.

Columbo, a California native, was nearly to start doctoral work at Northwestern College on a scholarship. His mom mentioned he had arrived within the metropolis just three hours before the shooting.

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