BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. (AP) – A man who was thrown out of a DuPage County store after urinating in a bottle has been sentenced to six years in prison for shooting an employee.
Investigators say Keonte Griffin shot the loss-prevention officer when he tried to regain entry to a Burlington Coat Factory store in Bloomingdale. Griffin and the employee were shot during a struggle before police arrived at Stratford Square Mall in June 2018.
The injuries were not life-threatening.
The 24-year-old Griffin has been in custody since his arrest. He will be required to serve 85 percent of his sentence before being eligible for parole. He was in a DuPage County court on Friday.
