Posted on 02/07/2021 5:09:34 PM PST by simpson96
MATTOON, Ill. (WAND) - A fight that started between a group of juveniles in Mattoon turned into an all out brawl between their parents and led to shots being fired in Mattoon.
Police were called to the 1700 block of Edgar Ave. Monday around 6:15 p.m.
When they got there, they learned two groups of people had been fighting and shots had been fired.
While no one was shot, a house with an infant inside had been struck by a bullet.
Mattoon police said the fight started between a group of juveniles that led to a physical fight.
Adults from both parties got involved. Police said the fight was escalated by the adults to the point where they were throwing ceramic garden gnomes at one another.
Police said men from both sides pulled handguns and started firing "indiscriminately."
Amanda L. Hopgood, 42, of Mattoon, was arrested in connection with this incident in the 1400 block of Marshall Ave. at 11:00 p.m.
She was charged with Obstructing Justice. The charge alleges that she lied to police about the presence of a suspect wanted for questioning in regards to the shooting. That suspect was found within her home.
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Prosecutor: Officer, can you tell me what was thrown at the plaintiff?
Officer: Gnome, ma’am.
Prosecutor: You can’t tell me?
Officer: That was a gnome, ma’am.
Prosecutor: The witness is excused. Your honor, we move to dismiss.
Impulse control is not their strong suit.
Do we know if they were Bills fans?
Black Gnomes Matter.
Anti-Gnome Haters!
Oh no. They went to the garden gnome option. Now the place is gonna be uninhabitable for 20 years.
I just knew someone would go there....
Eventually the dam breaks.
No, some people have been doing this stuff for years and years. There’s a reason you don’t venture into some neighborhoods.
Happy to oblige. The only garden gnome I own. I call him Cheeky.
Oh give me a gnome,
Where the bufalo roam
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Nice song. Here’s another.
Buffalo gals won’t you come out tonight?
come out tonight? come out tonight?
Buffalo gals won’t you come out tonight and dance by the fight of the gnomes?
Gnome tossing? Well, I never. (Clutches pearls)
Even in the small town next door there is a feeling of suppressed anger.
The only difference is that they are across the county line and their sheriff is a dork who is cracking down hard on businesses and ours is a normal human who says he does not have time to run around enforcing EOs of dubious legality.
Garden gnome hurling should be a Summer Olympic sport.
Who’s with me?
Looks like Fauci.
Which end?
Are you sure you don't mean bear gnomes?
...I mean bare gnomes?
sick
One wonders if they make black gnomes.
Thankfully it didn’t escalate to the point of lawn jockey hurling!
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