Elk Grove man sentenced to 228 years to life in prison for I-80 shooting near Davis

A Yolo Superior Court judge on Monday sentenced an Elk Grove man to more than 200 years in prison for a shooting two years ago on Interstate 80 near Davis where two vehicles were hit by gunfire.

Andre Chevill Wilson, 56, was sentenced to 228 years to life in prison for the Aug. 16, 2022, for committing the shooting with a fully-automatic handgun and an assault rifle, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.

Wilson had four previous convictions in Alameda County considered strikes under California’s “Three Strikes” law. Prosecutors said his previous convictions were manslaughter in 1992; assault with a deadly weapon with great bodily injury in 1999; weapon possession with a gang enhancement in 1999 and assault with a deadly weapon — a firearm — in 2010.

In June 2023, Wilson’s mental competency came into question in court after the county’s Public Defender’s Office declared a doubt that Wilson was mentally fit to assist in his own legal defense at trial.

The following month, the court received a report from psychologist Sirintip Rhee that found Wilson to be mentally competent. Superior Court Judge Tom Dyer ordered Wilson’s case to be reinstated and proceed to trial .

A jury on Aug. 28 found Wilson guilty of two counts of attempted murder, two counts of shooting at an occupied vehicle, two counts of assault with an assault weapon or machine gun, two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing a machine gun, possessing an assault weapon and four counts of being a felon in possession of ammunition.

The I-80 shooting occurred shortly after 6 a.m., when Wilson fired a gun at another driver heading west on the freeway near the Mace Boulevard exit ramp, the California Highway Patrol said. Officers later determined the gunfire struck two vehicles; the occupants in those vehicles were not injured.

After the shooting, Wilson’s vehicle re-entered I-80 and headed west from the Mace Boulevard on-ramp, where his vehicle left the road and crashed into a fence, the CHP said. Officers, with help from other law enforcement agencies, found Wilson near the crash scene and took him into custody.

Prosecutors said Wilson was driving a vehicle when he fired two firearms, a Glock handgun modified to be fully-automatic and an AR-15 assault rifle. Both firearms had high-capacity magazines.

Wilson intended to shoot at two other drivers at the Mace Boulevard exit, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Supervising Deputy District Attorney Frits van der Hoek prosecuted Wilson.

“Some offenders present a serious and clear danger to society,” District Attorney Jeff Reisig said in the news release. “Our office is committed to prosecuting those who have demonstrated that they are unable to live peacefully within our community.”