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JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) – A Joliet man was giving his young son a shower late last week, when a bullet went flying through two walls and ended up lodged in his bathroom wall.

The man, 36, told police that he was in the shower with his young son around 8:30 p.m. Friday, when he heard two shots fired in the 1100 block of Holmes Avenue.

Police spoke to a neighbor who said he heard four to five shots.

Police found six shell casings in front of a vacant home in the 1100 block of Cutter Avenue one street to the east.

The Joliet Herald News contributed to this report, via the Sun-Times Media Wire

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  • Kathleen

    What the heck do we have to do these days to be safe? I Think the first thing they should do is make a new law that any under age kid caught with a gun, should be arrested & do a minimum 1 year sentence in military style boot camp! Their Parents Should Be Arrested Too, & a Minimum sentence of a year in prison!
    I bet you’d see these parents be more responsible then! I’m sick of seeing people have children & throw them on the mercy of the world! If you don’t want to follow through as a parent, then don’t have children!

    • Keith C

      I agree 100%…….Force these parents into responsibility and stop sayin the streets gobbled them up and turned into monsters. They weren’t born monsters; those parents just let them be that way. Some just happen to be born to adult monsters…Yea I said it!!!!!!!

      • Arjay

        Like Eddie Munster? Or Wednesday and Pugsley Addams?

    • Stephanie

      Amen Kathleen. At least I can recognize that I would be a horrible parent, and do everything possible to avoid it! More people should learn to be responsible.

    • Pat

      Kathleen, I’m thinking you’re on the right track when you say have the kids do a year of military-style boot camp. However, I can not agree with the latter part of their parents spending time in jail/prison for what their kids do! I raised my son in the same manner as my mom and step-father did. My mom was the ruler of rules in the house and my step-father did have some say in the matter, but he left it up to my mom. Unless the parent(s) of some of these kids just decided to give up on their kids … then, and only then should they be held responsible for what they’ve done.

      • Concerned Citizen

        Pat,
        There is a rule in this country that as a parent your are responsible for what your kids do until they reach the age of majority. Its high time that parents be parents and not friends to their kids.

  • Arjay

    It was the guys wife firing the gun!

    • Jamall

      It was probably some low life homie bustin caps.

  • Mr Cee

    I don’t understand this country. You need a license to drive a car but not to have children.

  • Jake

    Another reason we need this concealed carry bill to pass here in Illinois, it wont take long for the “gangstas” to learn to think twice about shooting up a neighborhood not knowing if grandma on the porch next door is packing heat. contact your local rep. and tell them you want the peace of mind this bill will bring.

    • Pat

      Mr. Cee, are you kidding me! A license to have children — really!

    • Mr. Justice

      FINALLY!!!! Someone that makes sense on this page. Thank you.

  • Pat

    Jake, we don’t need is more guns on the streets or in our homes. What we need to do is speak up when we see these crimes being committed, and stop making like we don’t see them – this is how we can make a difference. Also, for those who feel they’ve lost control of their homes/streets – breath and start bringing your community back together by working together! Stop saying how someone else isn’t doing this or that and start a community group with your neighbors. Stop relying on your so-called leaders because they cannot do it by themselves nor will they work as hard without monies. Review how things were done when Martin Luther King and others brought groups/people together – there is a way of doing this without guns!

    • Mr. Justice

      Correction. Guns are not the problem. It is the punks, gang bangers, thugs, etc. that are the problem. If they don’t have a gun, they will use a knife, club, or maybe even a vehicle. Jake, is 100% correct. THINK FOR ONE MOMENT, why does Conceal Carry work in 48 other states? You may want to reply on the police to protect you, I will not. Keep in mind, when seconds count, the police are only Minutes away. You see, bad guys strike when no cops are around. BUT, if you have a firearm, you can protect yourself, your family, loved ones, your property, etc. YOU, PAT, may not want to own a firearm, BUT Do Not take away my 2nd Amendment Right.

  • ITISWHATITIS

    Come on folks! The shooter was just practicing concealed carry with his numbers gone and stolen .357 Magnum. I’ll bet he ran home to get his gun card after the last round cause he figured the Officers would be coming real soon.

  • Bill S.

    What was the guy DOING IN THE SHOWER with the boy to begin with?

  • JUSTICE NOT SERVE

    WE CAN NO LONGER CHESTISE OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THE LAWS NOW DAYS WHO WANT TO GO TO JAIL THEN PAY FOR A LAWYER N COURT COST FOR TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING ALL PARENTS AREN.T JUST THROW AWAY PARENTS THEY TRY BUT WHEN THE KID CALL THE COPS THE PARENT GO TO JAIL SO GO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT

    • old school

      You are so right the parents and techers need more rights, like it was 40-50 years a go.

  • try to find me

    You are a ture dummy when it comes to life everybody wan’t to say it’s somebody black at leat black’s not killing there kids and blaming it on being insane or saying someone killed their child

  • Craig

    I am usually not one to nit pick a person’s grammer, but please proofread before pressing the submit button. We would all like to read your opinion.

  • ITISWHATITIS

    Craig,I do love your astute I believe sense of humor,but,do you really want to know that opinion?

  • Craig

    In all fairness, I like to hear everyone’s opinion. How was the fishing? Catch anything?

  • ITISWHATITIS

    I think I caught a cold,but no fish. It was a brisk wind off the water today and the cold beer certainly didn’t warm anything up.

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