Posted on 01/05/2021 7:06:03 AM PST by SJackson
This undated photo provided by the Lake County Sheriff's Office, in Illinois, shows Lynell P. Glover. Glover is charged with aggravated battery in the fatal shooting of a teenager and the wounding of another in a dispute over a stolen vehicle, authorities said Monday, Jan. 4, 2021.
VOLO, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois man was charged Monday with two counts of aggravated battery in the fatal shooting of a teenager and the wounding of another in a dispute over a stolen vehicle.
Lake County prosecutors say Lynell Glover on Sunday allegedly ordered two teens he observed riding in his stolen auto to get on the ground or get shot. A Lake County Circuit Judge Paul Novak ordered the 35-year-old Glover of Round Lake Beach held in lieu of $1 million.
Authorities say Glover spotted his car, which was stolen days earlier, in Volo. He chased the vehicle until it ran out of gas. Prosecutors told Novak that Glover told the teens to “get on the ground or I’ll shoot you.” In the struggle that followed, Glover allegedly shot the teens.
One, Anthony Awad, 17, of Hanover Park, was shot in the leg and neck and pronounced dead at the scene. The other unidentified teen was hospitalized with a gunshot wound in the leg.
Police say Glover called 911 and remained on the scene after the shooting.
Both prosecutors and the Lake County sheriff’s office said additional charges against Glover may be forthcoming.
Authorities have not yet said how Glover happened upon his stolen car, who initially possessed the gun, or what caused the confrontation to escalate. Prosecutors declined to comment on details of the incident other than what they revealed in court.
It wasn't immediately known if Glover has legal representation to speak on his behalf.
I have CCW in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, two states which could not be more different in gun culture, gun laws, and the rules for deadly force.
However.
In neither State can you pursue a thief who has your stolen property and kill him for stealing from you. I am not familiar with the other 48, but (except for Texas) I imagine it’s the same.
What this guy did was put himself in danger, from the perps first and second from the law.
They’ve got your child? Bang. Bang. Temporary insanity. They’ve got your car? Not so much.
So, THIS case is going to turn on the confrontation. Were the perps armed? Who drew first? Was the shooter placed in fear of death or serious bodily injury, and when did that happen, and WHY did it happen?
If the chain of events was initiated by the good guy, by confronting the bad guys with a drawn firearm, he’s going to prison.
Doesn’t make it right. But that’s the law.
Exactly.
And the answer to your question if out of the shooter’s own mouth.
He told the kids to lie down or he would shoot them. That means that he was the one who had possession of the gun at the beginning of the encounter.
He will go to prison. And the fact that he is in IL means he will probably draw a blood thirsty prosecutor and a hanging judge.
You're right, I've been phrasing it we don't know all the information, but a lot is missing.
Yes, or if there was a crime involved in the chain of events. I don't think there's anything illegal in locating his car. The chase, questionable at best. Provocation of their assault, no witnesses, but if he told them to lie down or he'd shoot them, that's probably provocation. And if he told the sheriff that, I'll lay odds he said it without the advice of an attorney. I'm a bit reminded of the man and his son who chased down what they thought was a burgler a few months ago. In the southeast I believe.
Hmmm...
With more range time he could have put both of the thieves in the ground....
Missed opportunity...
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