‘Mindless lack of life’ — Tow truck driver sentenced to 50 years for deadly I-88 taking pictures of semi truck driver

A person discovered responsible within the 2017 deadly taking pictures of a semi truck driver in Oak Brook, Illinois, was sentenced to jail on Monday.

Former tow truck driver Anthony Tillmon, 40, was sentenced to 50 years in jail for the homicide of Florida-based trucker Eduardo Munoz, 43, in line with a information launch from DuPage County State’s Lawyer Robert Berlin. Tillmon shall be required to serve 100% of his sentence earlier than he may very well be eligible for parole.

In Could 2022, Tillmon was convicted on one depend of First-Diploma Homicide following a five-day-long bench trial.

The taking pictures occurred on April 21, 2017, at roughly 4:50 p.m, as Munoz was working a tractor trailer eastbound on I-88 in Oak Brook, Illinois.

In keeping with Berlin, Munoz and Tillmon turned concerned in some type of street rage incident on the interstate.

“Shortly thereafter, close to the I-294 Interchange, Tillmon pulled his car alongside the motive force’s facet of Munoz’s semitrailer, pointed a handgun at Munoz and pulled the set off, hitting Munoz 3 times as he was driving. Following the taking pictures, Tillmon exited the freeway and sped away,” the information launch acknowledged.

Munoz was in a position to safely pull off onto the facet of the interstate. He was later discovered within the cab of his truck affected by gunshot wounds. Munoz was transported to a hospital and later pronounced useless.

An investigation by Illinois State Police led to Tillmon, who turned himself in to the DuPage County Sheriff’s Workplace on April 25, 2017.

Tillmon has been in jail since 2017 on a $3 million bond. He’ll obtain credit score for time served.

“Anthony Tillmon, in a whole show of disregard for public security, opened hearth throughout rush hour on a crowded freeway and murdered a person he had by no means met just because he couldn’t management his anger” Berlin mentioned. “Truck drivers have a particularly aggravating job and for somebody to violently take the lifetime of a person who was simply attempting to make an sincere dwelling is inexcusable. This mindless lack of life drastically modified the lives of Eduardo’s household and associates, who are actually left with solely their reminiscences of Eduardo to see them by their days. I want all of them power, significantly right now of yr as they as soon as once more have fun the vacations with out Eduardo. I thank the Illinois State Police and Director Brendan Kelly for his or her excellent efforts on this case which enabled my workplace to convey a powerful prosecution in opposition to Mr. Tillmon, finally leading to immediately’s sentence. I additionally thank Assistant State’s Attorneys Joseph Lindt, Nick Catizone and Matthew Dambach for his or her work in holding Mr. Tillmon liable for the homicide of Eduardo Munoz.”