A Springfield man pleaded guilty to murder in a 2017 shooting
The gunman in a fatal shooting at Comer Cox Park in Springfield in 2017 pleaded guilty to first-degree intentional murder in Sangamon County Court on Wednesday. Rashod D. Postlewaite, 21, was sentenced to 35 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections by Circuit Judge Ryan Cadagin. Postlewaite was one of four men charged with the murder of Andre Booker III on May 31, 2017, while the 19-year-old Booker was playing basketball at the east-side park. Based on police statements at the time, Booker was shot in retaliation for the shooting of Sheena Malone the night before because Booker was ...
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