(La Porte, IN) - Sentencing is scheduled next week for a man in connection with a shooting last year in La Porte. Joseph Ukonga pleaded guilty late last month to criminal recklessness and other counts.
According to police, gunshots struck a house in November in the 200 block of I Street. Several passing vehicles were also hit. Later, police discovered a 70 year old man was hit in the face by one of the stray rounds. The victim wound up at a South Bend hospital with injuries described by police as non-life threaening.
Police say it appears the gunfire was linked to a road rage incident at Koomler Park. Under the plea, the 24 year old Ukonga agreed to a 15 year prison sentence and another five- years in community corrections.
Sentencing is scheduled next Friday before La Porte Circuit Court Judge Tom Alevizos.
