A Chicago man has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for opening fire on a Noble Square street in 2021 and striking another man several times. According to prosecutors’ court filing, the sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Martha Pacold is the maximum permitted for the federal firearm offense.
On June 8, 2021, after 9 p.m., officers responded to various reports of gunfire near North Noble and West Walton Streets. According to court papers and previous CWBChicago reporting, police were looking for two suspects with distinct hairstyles after the victim was shot in the legs, knee, and right eye. He lived, but federal prosecutors subsequently said the injuries were permanently disfiguring.
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Officers located two suspects in the 1300 block of West Walton about 15 minutes after the incident. When officers approached, the couple grabbed their waistbands and fled, according to prosecutors. Officers apprehended a teenage boy first and seized a pistol from him. The second suspect, Angel Sosa, 27, fled with a separate firearm before discarding it to the ground as authorities approached. Police found the gun, which was loaded and had an extended magazine.
Sosa had been released on parole only two months before for another firearms offense. Prosecutors claimed he was legally prohibited from possessing a pistol and had previously been convicted of aggravated robbery with a handgun and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
The shooting victim refused to assist with investigators, which initially prohibited the state from filing charges in the case. However, federal officials later based the weapon case on the gun Sosa destroyed and the subsequent forensic evidence.
Officials said ballistics testing linked all thirteen retrieved cartridge cases from the street to Sosa’s weapon, and gunshot residue was found on his right hand. Federal prosecutors also stated that the adolescent accomplice shot six bullets from a pistol. Sosa said he fired in self-defense, but officials found no indication that the victim was armed or acted aggressively.
In a thorough sentencing memorandum, prosecutors argued that Sosa’s actions constituted attempted murder, citing the number of rounds fired, the nature of the victim’s injuries, and Sosa’s criminal background. They also cited an instance in which Sosa reportedly threatened a correctional officer while being confined at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center awaiting trial.
