Check Out the Sentence This Carjacker Shot by Armed Citizen Could Get

By Jenn Jacques

A criminal in Milwaukee who authorities say was shot by one of his intended victims and had been indicted on federal charges may wind up facing a much worse punishment for his crime.

Initially charged in Wisconsin State Court July 16, 34-year-old Eric M. Booker was facing three felony counts: armed robbery, first-degree reckless injury and being a felon with a gun which could have put him away for a maximum prison term of 41 years.

However, because a federal judge in Milwaukee had sentenced a teen carjacker who shot his victim to 50 years in prison in 2015, new federal charges have been handed up by a grand jury last Tuesday could potentially send Booker to prison for life.

Of course, he only has himself to thank for that.

According to court records, Booker was shot as he attempted to carjack Michael Guster on July 7th. After Guster pulled his Cadillac Escalade into his driveway on W. Hampton Ave. and exited his vehicle, he saw Booker and another man standing in the doorway of his garage with guns pointed.

Booker called out, “(Expletive). You know what this is!” and the other suspect then fired two or three shots at Guster, who was …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms