COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — A Cook County judge on Wednesday sentenced Timothy McShane to 16 years in prison for murdering a good Samaritan in 2014.
The victim, 33-year-old Shane Stokowski, was trying to prevent McShane from driving drunk on March 22, 2014, when McShane ran over and killed Stokowski.
McShane was convicted earlier this year of reckless homicide, aggravated DUI causing death, failure to report an accident and aggravated DUI while driving without a valid driver's license, court records show.
Cook County Judge Lawrence Edward Flood on Wednesday sentenced McShane to 16 years in prison.
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McShane, who has a history of DUI arrests, was drinking at the Aberdeen Tap, 458 N. Aberdeen St., on March 22, 2014, when a bartender cut him off for being too drunk, prosecutors previously said.
Though Stokowski didn't know McShane, he followed the man outside believing he was too drunk to drive.
Outside, McShane got behind the wheel of his girlfriend's SUV and backed into several parked cars as he tried to leave the bar, prosecutors said. McShane then smashed into at least one other car before pulling away.
At that point, Stokowski leaned through the driver's side window to talk to McShane and ask him to stop, according to authorities.
McShane hit the gas, and Stokowski was thrown from the SUV, the Tribune reported. Stokowski fell to the ground, where he was run over by McShane, who kept on driving.
When McShane's blood alcohol content was tested later that evening — more than eight hours after he left the bar — it came in at .225 percent, nearly three times the legal driving limit.
Stokowski was to be married Oct. 18, 2014. An online obituary said Stokowski enjoyed biking, playing guitar, traveling, basketball and dancing.
According to authorities, McShane has two previous DUI convictions, from 1993 and 2006.
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