Arlington Heights police responded about 3:45 p.m. Friday, December 3, 2021 to a report of an incident involving Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm in the block of 1100 West Wing Street in Arlington Heights.
Three days later a male suspect was arrested and charged with Reckless Discharge of a Firearm. The male suspect was arrested at 5:25 p.m. Monday, December 6, 2021 after he was accused of firing a rifle into a bed inside the home where his estranged wife was living. The location of the arrest was not disclosed.
The incident allegedly occurred when the male suspect was picking up an item or items from the home on Wing Street, where he no longer resides. The suspect had left the scene before police responded to the call in the block of 1100 West Wing Street.
Police were working on information that a male/white in his 60s, wearing a black jacket and armed with a rifle was connected to the shot(s) fired scene on Wing Street.
The male/white subject was reported to have been driving a white 2016 Honda SUV.
There did not appear to be a search for casing(s) outside in the neighborhood, but detectives were on the scene initially, and patrol officers were on the scene for over an hour.
Neighbors nearby did not recall hearing any shots fired around 3:45 p.m. Friday, December 3, 2021.
The suspect was held on 10% of $10,000 bond and was released on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 after depositing $1,000 cash.
His next court date is January 7, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 108 of the Cook County Circuit Courthouse in Rolling Meadows.
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Reckless Discharge of a Firearm
(720 ILCS 5/24-1.5)
Sec. 24-1.5. Reckless discharge of a firearm.
(a) A person commits reckless discharge of a firearm by discharging a firearm in a reckless manner which endangers the bodily safety of an individual.
(b) If the conduct described in subsection (a) is committed by a passenger of a moving motor vehicle with the knowledge and consent of the driver of the motor vehicle the driver is accountable for such conduct.
(c) Reckless discharge of a firearm is a Class 4 felony.
(d) This Section does not apply to a peace officer while in the performance of his or her official duties.
(Source: P.A. 88-217.)
Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm
(720 ILCS 5/24-1.2) (from Ch. 38, par. 24-1.2)
Sec. 24-1.2. Aggravated discharge of a firearm.
(a) A person commits aggravated discharge of a firearm when he or she knowingly or intentionally:
(1) Discharges a firearm at or into a building he or she knows or reasonably should know to be occupied and the firearm is discharged from a place or position outside that building;
(2) Discharges a firearm in the direction of another person or in the direction of a vehicle he or she knows or reasonably should know to be occupied by a person;
(3) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, a community policing volunteer, a correctional institution employee, or a fireman while the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the officer, volunteer, employee or fireman performing his or her official duties;
(4) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a vehicle he or she knows to be occupied by a peace officer, a person summoned or directed by a peace officer, a correctional institution employee or a fireman while the officer, employee or fireman is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the officer, employee or fireman from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the officer, employee or fireman performing his or her official duties;
(5) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a person he or she knows to be emergency medical services personnel who is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical services personnel from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency medical services personnel performing his or her official duties;
(6) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a vehicle he or she knows to be occupied by emergency medical services personnel while the emergency medical services personnel is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the emergency medical services personnel from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency medical services personnel performing his or her official duties;
(7) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a person he or she knows to be a teacher or other person employed in any school and the teacher or other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds adjacent to a school, or is in any part of a building used for school purposes;
(8) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a person he or she knows to be an emergency management worker while the emergency management worker is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the emergency management worker from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency management worker performing his or her official duties; or
(9) Discharges a firearm in the direction of a vehicle he or she knows to be occupied by an emergency management worker while the emergency management worker is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to prevent the emergency management worker from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency management worker performing his or her official duties.
(b) A violation of subsection (a)(1) or subsection (a)(2) of this Section is a Class 1 felony. A violation of subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section committed in a school, on the real property comprising a school, within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising a school, at a school related activity or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport students to or from school or a school related activity, regardless of the time of day or time of year that the offense was committed is a Class X felony. A violation of subsection (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), or (a)(9) of this Section is a Class X felony for which the sentence shall be a term of imprisonment of no less than 10 years and not more than 45 years.
(c) For purposes of this Section:
“Emergency medical services personnel” has the meaning specified in Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act and shall include all ambulance crew members, including drivers or pilots.
“School” means a public or private elementary or secondary school, community college, college, or university.
“School related activity” means any sporting, social, academic, or other activity for which students’ attendance or participation is sponsored, organized, or funded in whole or in part by a school or school district.
(Source: P.A. 99-816, eff. 8-15-16.)