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Trial moved to Aug. 24 in Ottawa tavern shooting · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Trial moved to August twenty fourth in Ottawa tavern shooting
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  written by Tom Collins. This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. An Ottawa
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  man charged in an April eighteenth shooting at an Ottawa tavern.
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  The victim survived, waived his right to a speedy trial Friday,
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  and will be tried later this summer. Bj Redmond, twenty three,
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  appeared Friday in LaSalle County Circuit Court for emotions hearing
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  on three felony accounts led by aggravated battery with a
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  firearm and aggravated discharge of a firearm within one thousand
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  feet of a school, both class ex felonies carrying six
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  to thirty years in prison with no possibility of probation.
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  He was initially set for trial after Independence Day. However,
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  Redmond and attorney Brad Poperella said in open court that
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  they want additional time and that Redmond would forego his
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  speedy trial rights. Redmond will stand trial August twenty fourth.
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  A final pre trial conference is set for August twenty first.
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  Ottawa police were dispatched early on April eighteenth to the
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  patio area of the Zeller Inn where a subject brandished
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  a firearm, fired it, and fled. The victim sustained a
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  shot to the upper left torso. In court records and
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  in open court, prosecutors said multiple witnesses saw Redmond raise
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  what two witnesses described as a small black handgun. A
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  point three eight zero caliber shell casing was recovered at
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  the scene. Prosecutors said the battery charge is subject to
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  the state's Truth and Sentencing Act, which requires certain felons
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  to serve eighty five percent of their prison term. Redmond
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  is also charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon,
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  a Class four felony, tarrying one to three years