A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison regarding a Thanksgiving Day drive-by shooting in west suburban Naperville.
Dion Knight, 32, pleaded guilty to aggravated battery earlier this year regarding a 2016 shooting at an apartment complex, the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office said.
On Nov. 24, Knight allegedly drove through the parking lot on Fairway Drive and fired shots at a group of people, prosecutors said. One person was shot in the chest.
Dion Knight | DuPage County state’s attorney office
Naperville police investigated the shooting and brought charges Knight the following year, prosecutors said.
Knight has remained in custody on a $300,000 bond since his arrest, prosecutors said.
“This afternoon, Mr. Knight learned that his violent actions of November 24, 2016, have earned him a fifteen-year prison sentence,” DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement. “Thankfully, the injuries sustained by the victim, while serious, were not life-threatening.
Knight must serve 85 percent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole, prosecutors said.
