John P. Shadbar, an Illinois man who allegedly shot his neighbor several times in a racially motivated crime, was arrested on May 8 shortly after the shooting. In a statement released via Facebook, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a neighborhood in Lockport Township, Illinois on May 7 around 5:30 p.m. after getting reports about a 45-year-old woman who her neighbor had shot.
Witnesses told police that Shadbar shot the woman outside and he was walking around his property with a rifle. Shadbar fired multiple shots at the woman “from different outside locations,” witnesses added. Security cameras also caught captured the shooting, NBC News reported.
Family members identified the 45-year-old woman as Melissa Robertson, who was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after being shot in the chest and hand. She is recovering after undergoing surgery, according to the sheriff’s office.
Speaking to NBC Chicago, Robertson’s family said Shadbar, who is 70 years old, has harassed them since they moved into the neighborhood 10 years ago.
Robertson, who is white, has two Black sons. One of Robertson’s sons, Mikeal Johnson, said Shadbar yelled slurs at them, saying “dead n-words, n-word this, n-word lover.”
“[He] called me the n-word straight to my face,” Johnson told NBC Chicago. “My mom made him apologize. A few days later he comes out holding a gun in his underwear.”
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