Opinion ID: 2640351
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Nicholas Gari Shooting

Text: On January 19, 1992, in Mount Vernon, Missouri, Nicholas Gari and two friends were riding their bikes in a local park. Defendant and other boys were also in the park, armed with BB guns. At some point, the cap Gari was wearing was hit by a BB and he fell off his bike; Gari saw defendant standing in the woods nearby and told defendant that he was a cop's son. Defendant chased him about 30 feet and shot him in the neck. As defendant and his two friends ran away, defendant proclaimed, I blew a hole in his neck. Gari did not know defendant. Gari was taken to a hospital and underwent two surgeries on his throat. The surgeon was unable to remove the BB, which had traveled to Gari's heart.