Wooden River, Illinois- An Illinois father took issues into his personal fingers final week after studying his daughter had suffered an assault by the hands of a violent coward.
The offended father shot the scumbag.
The incident involving the daddy and alleged perp occurred off North sixth Road, proper by Lewis and Clark Junior Excessive Faculty in Wooden River, Illinois according to police.
Patch Illinois revealed that cops in Wooden River obtained a report round 2:30 a.m. Tuesday of a home battery at a house on Mildred Road. As KTVI reported, a severely crushed lady went to her guardian’s home and revealed to them and police the particular person liable for assaulting her.
Police responded by going to her dad and mom’ deal with, solely to seek out the feminine had gone to fulfill officers on the Mildred Road residence. The lady’s father had additionally left his home.
The feminine’s father had gone out and managed to trace down the person who harm her. He then shot the lowlife in the course of the road on North sixth.
Right here is KTVI’s video report on the incident:
KTVI completely spoke with neighbors who witnessed the taking pictures. One neighbor revealed that after he heard a gunshot, he stepped exterior and noticed the lady’s father standing over a youthful male, pointing a gun at him.
He heard the youthful man beg the daddy to not shoot him. The older man, in response, screamed, “That’s my daughter! She means all the pieces to me!”
In response to the neighbor, the daddy then shot the thug and waited for police to reach. The neighbor stated he heard the youthful man screaming in extreme ache whereas the daddy didn’t seem critically injured.
Police confirmed each males suffered gunshot wounds. One was taken to the hospital by ambulance, the opposite through helicopter.
Most residents KTVI spoke to didn’t blame the daddy for defending his daughter. Nonetheless, native resident Daybreak Howard thought the state of affairs might have been dealt with in a different way.
“It’s onerous responsible a guardian. There’s 5 ladies in our household, and I can see all of our dads going after a man,” Howard stated. “However with a gun? No…beat him up; don’t shoot him.”
Police, at this level, haven’t launched the names of the lads concerned and refuse to say if both has been charged. The Wooden River Police Division plans to show the case over to the Madison County State’s Legal professional as soon as they end their investigation according to KTVI.