Illinois man accused of shooting at mosque
Source: Chicago Tribune
Illinois man accused of shooting at mosque
Police say he narrowly missed a security guard when he fired at the building near his home during Friday prayers.
Chicago Tribune
August 13, 2012
CHICAGO — An Illinois man who had complained about parking, lights and noise at a mosque near his home has been charged with opening fire on the building.
Police said David Conrad, 51, of Morton Grove, a Chicago suburb, narrowly missed a security guard when he fired a "high velocity air rifle" during Friday evening Ramadan prayers. He faces felony charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm and criminal damage to property.
Conrad had attended hearings in 2003 and 2004 to oppose the mosque and expansion of the Muslim Education Center, which would displace a park, said Berdella Wehrmacher, 90, who said she accompanied him.
"It's the only park in the neighborhood," the Chicago Tribune quoted Conrad as saying at a 2003 meeting. "It is not replaceable."
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