Gun Shots Fired After a Dispute; 2 New Lenox Men Arrested (UPDATED)
An argument got way out of hand and resulted in gun shots fired.
An argument in the wee hours of the morning Friday boiled over into a reckless and dangerous situation. Gun shots were fired in the 2100 block of Cattlemen Drive. No one was injured, but two men were arrested in the aftermath.
According to New Lenox Police, Timothy Colanto, 25, of the 2000 block of Sanford Avenue, was charged with three felonies: aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, reckless discharge of a weapon and using a gun while his FIOD card had been revoked.
Colanto's bond was set at $10,000.
Joe Gonzalez, 39, of the 2100 block of Cattlemen Drive, was charged with battery.
Shortly after 4 a.m. police were called to the scene and learned that the two had gotten into an argument. It started in the house and spilled out into the driveway. Colanto grabbed a handgun and fired angry shots in the air. "It was determined that he did not point" the weapon at anyone or anything, said Deputy Police Chief Bob Pawlisz.
Police have recovered the handgun.
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Will County jail records show that Colanto was booked in at 4:17 p.m. Neither his mugshot or bond information was yet available. Gonzalez was not charged with a felony. He was booked at the New Lenox Police Department.
Patch will update the infomation as it becomes available.
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Phantom Pain
1:38 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012
Did they book him 12 hours later or is that a typo?
NL4LIFE
4:17 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012
How does one fire " Angry Shots" in the air?
James Madison
7:32 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012
Now I know why my car has a hole in the roof! Those slugs gotta land somewhere!
NL Resident
8:59 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012
"not having a valid FOID card". The FOID card is required for any resident of Illinois to possess or purchase firearms. During the FOID application process, the applicant’s identification and background information is checked. Individuals with prohibiting factors are disallowed from obtaining a FOID card. Just saying.
New Lenox Mom
9:13 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012
Where did he "grab" this gun from?? Gee feel so much better that it was determined he didn't point the gun "at anything or anyone". I guess where the bullets land don't matter! To close to my house, guess that wasn't a backfiring car!
Yasmine
1:12 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
Looks like he took a slug to the forehead.
Nikki Sanders
7:42 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012
Normally when a person's FOID card is REVOKED his weapons are confiscated until
the matter is sorted out. The question is why he was allowed to retain his gun.
NL Resident
9:47 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012
So, I assume from your statement, that you are personally familiar with this person and indicating that this person once had a FOID card that was REVOKED and the authorities failed to confiscate all of his weapons (further assuming they weren’t hidden)? Why was his FOID car REVOKED?
Or… did this person illegally obtain an unregistered firearm? Any responsible gun owner, that has received proper training knows the proper and legal way to transport a firearm and ammunition in their vehicle. Unlocked, loaded and ready to go isn’t it.
NL Resident
11:16 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012
I am wrong. There was an update to the article that I did not read prior to posting to this reply stating that his FOID card was REVOKED.
NL4LIFE
7:48 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012
Back in the Wild Wild West they used to do this all the time to get someones attention. He was probably trying to stop the fight.
KrisM
11:26 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012
I don't know if it's just because we are more informed about what's going in town thanks to sites like the Patch online, but it seems New Lenox is changing very rapidly for the worse. Palmer Ranch isn't even safe anymore with idiots like these living in the area!
NL4LIFE
11:27 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
This neighborhood has some big expensive homes.