MAN GETS 60 YEARS FOR ROOMMATE’S MURDER
Erick Sanders, 21, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for fatally shooting his roommate — a mother of four — at their West Garfield Park neighborhood home in 2014.
Sanders and his roommate, 22- year- old Carnesha Fort, had argued about his not paying enough for rent and groceries, and her use of Sanders’ LINK card, authorities said at the time.
About 10: 45 p. m. on June 6, 2014, Sanders went to their apartment in the 100 block of North Keeler and asked to use Fort’s phone to call a cab, authorities said. He left, but returned a few minutes later and went to the bathroom, before going into Fort’s bedroom and shooting her.
A witness heard a pop and saw Sanders run out, authorities said.