45 Long Colt is a much better way to greet at the door.
Posted on 10/02/2008 9:25:50 PM PDT by llevrok
UPDATED 2:45 p.m. BLOOMINGTON -- A 22-year-old Normal man who was shot during an alleged break-in at a Bloomington apartment was charged Wednesday with one count of residential burglary.
Joshua A. McGuire appeared in front of Associate Judge Rebecca Foley in a wheelchair on Wednesday afternoon on the residential burglary charge. He must post $1,500 to be released from the McLean County jail.
McGuire was shot three times in the legs after allegedly breaking into a lower-level unit in an apartment house in the 400 block of West Chestnut Street about 10 p.m. Monday, police said.
The shooting happened after a 51-year-old resident of an upstairs unit in the building heard loud noises, apparently someone kicking in a door to the downstairs apartment, said police spokesman Duane Moss.
Moss said the 51-year-old, carrying a .22 caliber rifle, told police he demanded McGuire lay down on the ground after he saw him exiting the lower-level unit into a building common area. Maguire reportedly refused and reached for his waistband, prompting the man holding the gun to fear he was in danger of being shot, Moss said.
Moss said McGuire was shot twice in the left knee and once in the right, but he allegedly fled the scene. He was treated at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal, which called police.
The shooter told police he saw that someone had kicked in two doors, an entrance to the building itself and the door to the lower-level unit.
No one was home in the lower-level unit when police arrived. Moss said the shooter and the 22-year-old did not know each other prior to the shooting.
The shooter has not been charged in the case, Moss said.
McGuire, who denied in court Wednesday that he stole anything, is due back in court for an arraignment Oct. 10.
Thank goodness. I hate it when abnormal men get shot.
I am SHOCKED! This is in Illinois!
1. get bigger gun
2. aim higher
Thats his story of what happened and I bet he's sticking to it.
2. aim higher
I gotta believe that the perp will feel some pain in his knees for a long time to come, reminding him that a career change is a very good idea.
He’s not Normal any more.
There are two illinois’... Chicago and the rest of the state basically. had this happened in Chicago, they would have charged the shooter with a crime and encouraged the criminal to sue for damages.
Two hits in the left knee and once in the right?
Took out both knees? Either this is poorly written or some interesting markmenship.
45 Long Colt is a much better way to greet at the door.
There’s no American SAAMI listing for long colt. The proper name is .45 Colt.
But you can buy certain brands with that name on the box.
No you can’t. Not from an American company. There is no American listing for anything other than .45 Colt, not on a box of cartridges or in a reloading manual.
Moss said the shooter and the 22-year-old did not know each other prior to the shooting.
Literally LOL!
Yours is also a recipe for avoiding a much more costly lawsuit (Wrongful Death vs. Intentional Bodily Injury). This occured in Illinois, the most litigenous state in the Union, so a suit is inevitable.
This is a shocking outrage. That poor kid probably kicked in that door because he thought that was where his Sunday School class ice cream social was being held, and that gun totin wannabe cowboy actually shot him!
That's pure BS! Jack Bauer wouldn't have used a .22 rifle.
He would have used his handgun with one shot to the forehead after he tortured him for a couple hours.......after going for 24 episodes without a bathroom break.
The cops didn't buy it...neither did Yahweh.
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