CHICAGO (AP) - A former suburban Chicago police official received probation for the 2017 shooting of his son.
Raymond Leuser III of Indian Head Park left the then 22-year-old Raymond Leuser IV in critical condition with gunshot wounds to his abdomen, shoulders and arm after the two argued over a bottle of vodka.
The elder Leuser faced charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. However, during a hearing Tuesday, his son said he didn’t want his father to spend any time in prison.
Cook County Circuit Judge Arthur Hill Jr. accepted a plea deal offered by prosecutors that allowed the elder Leuser to plead to reckless discharge of a firearm charges in exchange for two years of probation.
The elder Leuser was an Indian Head Park police sergeant at the time of the shooting.
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