Opinion ID: 1674261
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Citgo Service Station

Text: On August 25, 1978, at about 11:30 p.m., the defendant, after pumping $3 of gas into his car, walked into the Citgo Quik Mart at 1602 East Capitol Drive in the village of Shorewood. At the time Hall entered the station, he asked the only employee on duty, Reilly, for the key to the men's room in the presence of two or three other patrons in the store. Reilly gave the key to the defendant and Hall left Reilly's sight, walking toward the bathroom. Hall returned from the men's room about 15 minutes later. In the interim, Reilly's other customers had left and he was now alone in the station. Hall re-entered the station and walked to the rear of the building, picked up a package of styrofoam cups and carried them to the counter where Reilly was standing at the cash register, awaiting payment for the gas. Reilly started ringing up the sales, the gas and the cups, and asked the defendant if he was going to party. Hall said yes and then stated Make it quick. Make it quick. At this point, Reilly noticed that the defendant had a gun and was pointing it at his mid-section in a threatening manner. Reilly, realizing it was a holdup, opened the cash register, stating take what I got as he stepped away from the register. Thereupon, the defendant put the cups down on the counter, reached over the cash register with his left hand, took the money and raised his right hand holding the gun and shot Reilly in the face just below the right eye. Although the shot could have been fatal to Reilly, the bullet failed to strike any vital organs as it was lodged in Reilly's right posterior neck and subsequently removed and used in evidence. Following the robbery, a forensic photographer investigating the scene found an expended .25-caliber pistol shell casing on a shelf in the station and this item was also retained as evidence.