People v. Brooks

On August 7, 1991, three members of the Gangster Disciples street gang were killed during two drive-by shootings in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. The shots that killed them were fired from a taxicab by members of a rival gang, the Black Disciples. The shootings were provoked by an earlier incident in which a member of the Gangster Disciples shot at the car of a Black Disciple. In connection with the incident, a grand jury indicted defendant, Terrence Brooks, for three counts of first degree murder (intentional) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38; par. 9—1(a)(1)), three counts of first degree…