Alton Mills, 54, is facing three counts of attempted murder after allegedly shooting a woman in the head in a road rage shooting outside Chicago, police have said. Mills had his life sentence for cocaine trafficking commuted by President Obama in 2015. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) later used Mills as an example when advocating the First Step Act, a bi-partisan “criminal justice reform” bill that easily passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump in 2018.
The shooting occurred early Sunday morning on an expressway outside of Chicago. Three friends were reportedly leaving a nightclub in the city when they ended up behind Mills’ SUV at an exit ramp. After Mills did not move at a green light, the driver opted to pass him without any confrontation, police have stated.
At that point, Mills reportedly sped up to the group’s car and fired three shots from the driver’s side, according