Willie Hubbard / Photo from Chicago Police
BY LEEANN SHELTON
Sun-Times Media
Willie Hubbard was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Monday for throwing a punch that led to 48-year-old Edward James Scott being impaled on a metal fence.
Hubbard, 35, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in March following a bench trial before Judge Matthew Coghlan, according to court records.
Authorities said Hubbard punched Scott in the face because Scott had been harassing guests at a party in the 9100 block of South Greenwood Avenue about 8 p.m. June 16, 2013.
The blow caused Scott to lose his balance and and fall on a wrought iron fence, which impaled him near the eye, police said.
Scott later died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and the Cook County medical examiner's office ruled the death a homicide.
Hubbard, of the 1000 block of East 111th Street, turned himself in to police, authorities said.
On Monday, Coghlan sentenced Hubbard to 4 1/2 years in prison, according to court records. He was given credit for 72 days spent in jail, and will be required to serve one year of mandatory supervised release after his sentence is complete.