Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow declared Thursday (September 4, 2008) that two men were indicted for first-degree murder in the 2006 shooting demise of an unarmed Joliet man.
Donald Motley and Jerod Milian were two men who shot an unarmed Joliet man. Donald Motley faces life in jail for shooting and killing 19-year-old Steven Jenkins on February 11, 2006. Jerod Milian, 25, a co-litigant who provided the weapon, faces as long as 75 years in jail.
On November 18, they were being condemned by Circuit Judge Carla Alessio Policandriotes. Following a squabble at a boisterous party, Motley shot Jenkins multiple times toward the back.
Diverse and Milian facilitated the get-together at their Joliet home, 206 N. Broadway. As per declaration during the fourteen day preliminary, a showdown among Milian and a gathering of partygoers – all companions of Jenkins – brought about a contention that ejected external the house.
As per witness declaration, Jenkins discharged a weapon up high during the squabble to stop the battling. Milian was hit right upside the head during the following fight. At the point when Joliet police showed up to separate the battle and utilized pepper splash on Milian, he turned out to be much more maddened.
Later the cops left, Milian and Motley intended to get payback on Jenkins, who had left the party without his weapon. Jenkins later got back to the house to recover his lost firearm and accommodate with Milian and Motley.
In any case, while Jenkins was inside the house, Motley educated a gathering regarding companions outside that he expected to shoot Jenkins toward the rear of the head. Milian, one of those companions, gave Motley the firearm utilized in the homicide. Jenkins went out, momentarily talking with Milian and Motley prior to turning his back to go.
Diverse shot the unarmed Jenkins multiple times from behind a good ways off of four feet as he left. The initial four slugs hit Jenkins in the right shoulder, left wrist, right elbow, and bottom. The lethal shot struck him toward the back, tearing through his spine and piercing his right lung and heart lining prior to leaving through his chest.
Donald Motley is just 28 years of age starting at 2021, and at this age, he has been condemned to jail forever. Donald Motley and Jerod Milian are weaklings who delayed until Steven Jenkins’ back was turned prior to starting to shoot at an unarmed man,” said State’s Attorney Glasgow. They will spend numerous years gazing at jail dividers as discipline for their egregious demonstration of silly viciousness.