Aurora man pleads guilty in Thanksgiving 2015 shooting

An Aurora man has pleaded guilty to a 2015 Thanksgiving shooting.

On Friday, Gheroncia N. Suggs, 22, of the 1000 block of North Avenue, accepted a sentence of 6½ years in prison in exchange for a guilty plea to attempted aggravated battery with a firearm.

Prosecutors said that about 3:30 p.m. Nov. 26, 2015, Suggs was in the driver's seat of a vehicle parked outside a business on the 200 block of Hill Avenue in Aurora. Suggs jumped out of the vehicle and fired six shots from a handgun at a passenger, striking him in the leg.

The victim, Darious Harris, fired a single shot from a handgun in return at Suggs.

A Kane County jury convicted Harris in 2016 of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced to three years in prison.

Suggs is eligible for day-for-day sentencing. He receives credit for 434 days served in the Kane County jail, where he had been held since his

arrest in lieu of $300,000 bail.