South Side man gets 40 years for grandfather's murder

A South Side man who gunned down his grandfather - at the alleged urging of his grandmother - was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

While Cook County Judge James Linn said it was sad that the adults in William Strickland's life took him "down to the road of ruin," he said Strickland had to take responsibility.

The 22-year-old didn't make any comments before he was sentenced for his 72-year-old grandfather's murder.

The bench trial of Janet Strickland, 67, is expected to resume April 22 before Linn.

William Strickland was convicted by a jury in February.

Prosecutors said Janet Strickland encouraged her grandson to pull the trigger so they both could spend the elderly man's money.

William Strickland shot his namesake grandfather six times in the back as he made his way outside their home to get on a bus for his weekly dialysis on March 2, 2013.

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