A man pled guilty Tuesday to shooting his ex-girlfriend and her mother, an off-duty Chicago police officer, and was sentenced to 37 years in prison, according to court records.
Anthony Gates, 30, was sentenced by Cook County Judge Dennis Porter to 31 years in prison for shooting the then-49-year-old officer and six years in prison for shooting his ex-girlfriend, who was 21 at the time, according to court records.
Gates arrived at the girlfriend’s home in the 2200 block of East 68th Street late on Nov. 11, 2014, "upset because he felt that he had not been seeing his (2-year-old) son as much as he wanted," according to court documents.
Gates was also "agitated" because he thought the ex-girlfriend was seeing another man, prosecutors said.
The officer and her daughter pulled up to the home about 9:50 p.m. to hand off the boy to the father for visitation, prosecutors said. Gates confronted his ex-girlfriend, then went back to his car for a 9 mm handgun as his son ran toward him, they said.
The boy wasn’t hit, but Gates fired at least 10 times at the boy’s grandmother, who was sitting behind the wheel of her own car, prosecutors said.
The officer got out of the car and collapsed on the ground as Gates stood over her and kept firing, hitting her in the face, both wrists and her knee, prosecutors said.
Gates then shot at his ex-girlfriend as she ran away, hitting her in the thigh. He ran up to her, grabbed her by the neck and beat her, prosecutors said. The ex-girlfriend was still able to get away and run down the street as Gates scooped up his son, got into a black Chevrolet Impala and drove off, prosecutors said.
Anthony Gates Chicago Police Department Anthony Gates, 28, of Riverdale, was charged with attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of an off-duty Chicago police officer and her daughter Tuesday on the South Side. (Chicago Police Department) Anthony Gates, 28, of Riverdale, was charged with attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of an off-duty Chicago police officer and her daughter Tuesday on the South Side. (Chicago Police Department) (Chicago Police Department)
Gates was arrested about 3 1/2 hours later at a relative’s home in the 500 block of West Division Street, according to prosecutors.
"Did I kill her?" he asked arresting officers, according to the police report. "Are you charging me with murder?"
As officers approached Gates in the front room, he said, "I didn’t want this to happen, I didn’t want it to go this far," according to the police report.
A 9 mm handgun with a fully loaded magazine was found in Gates’ car, along with 13 spent casings, prosecutors said.
Gates has a history of domestic violence with his ex-girlfriend.
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