{"id":499347,"date":"2026-01-07T17:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499347\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T17:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:02:10","slug":"jeffon-williams-sentenced-in-homan-square-chicago-shooting-of-2-police-officers-during-traffic-stop-in-2020-on-west-polk-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499347\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffon Williams sentenced in Homan Square, Chicago shooting of 2 police officers during traffic stop in 2020 on West Polk Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; A man has been sentenced to nearly a century for shooting two Chicago police officers during a West Side traffic stop in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Jeffon Williams, now 25, shot the officers in the Homan Square neighborhood&#8217;s 3300-block of West Polk Street around 2:30 a.m. on August 30, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A judge sentenced Williams to 91 years for the charges related to attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The video in the player above is from a previous report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">During a traffic stop, the officers ordered the then 19-year-old to get out of the car, but he did not comply, police said. The officers then broke Williams&#8217; car window in an attempt to take him into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A struggle ensued, and Williams fired multiple shots, striking both officers, police said. A third officer returned fire and hit Williams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In August 2025, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/jeffon-williams-found-guilty-homan-square-chicago-shooting-2-police-officers-during-traffic-stop-2020\/17556523\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a jury found Williams guilty<\/a> of attempted murder, aggravated battery of a peace officer with a firearm, among other charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRACKER  <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/feature\/tracking-crime-and-safety-in-your-neighborhood\/12385906\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Track crime and safety in your neighborhood<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; A man has been sentenced to nearly a century for shooting two Chicago police officers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":499348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[224219,38007,960,5463,5461,5462,5464,5487,5457,4222,202488,224217,224218,5386,1818,224216,5482,5488,55480],"class_list":{"0":"post-499347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-224219","9":"tag-attempted-murder","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-breaking-news","12":"tag-chicago-crime","13":"tag-chicago-news","14":"tag-chicago-police","15":"tag-chicago-police-shooting","16":"tag-chicago-shooting","17":"tag-gun-violence","18":"tag-homan-square","19":"tag-homan-square-chicago","20":"tag-homan-square-shooting","21":"tag-il","22":"tag-illinois","23":"tag-jeffon-williams","24":"tag-police-officer-shot","25":"tag-police-shooting","26":"tag-traffic-stop"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115854898297458441","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}