Hate Crime Shooting Explained: Five guns were discovered within a hate crime suspect’s wall.

The wife of a man accused in a hate crime shooting in the south suburbs is also under investigation.

What do the Officials Say?

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office stated she is a correctional sergeant at the Cook County Jail. She has been de-deputized as authorities investigate the case. Investigators say she was at home when her husband, John Shadbar of Lockport Township, allegedly shot his neighbor Melissa Robertson on Tuesday evening. John Shadbar appeared in court on Thursday, facing several accusations, including attempted murder and hate crime. Shadbar faces nine felony accusations. Prosecutors alleged in court that witnesses’ cell phone videos showed him shooting his neighbor. A judge ordered that he be remanded in custody pending trial. “She’s still fighting for her life,” Jeanne Beyer, the victim’s aunt, stated. “She’s nowhere near out of the woods.”

Neighbour Statement:

Beyer stated that her niece, 45-year-old Melissa Robertson, is still in critical but stable condition after being shot many times by her Lockport neighbor, 70-year-old Shadbar.

“We are happy that he is going to be put away until trial,” Beyer stated. “And it sounds like there is enough evidence that he will be convicted.”Prosecutors revealed years of hatred between the neighbors, with Shadbar routinely using racist obscenities against Robertson’s two Black children. This covers May 7, the day of the shooting.”We’ve phoned the police. He’s launched pyrotechnics and fired blanks. Nothing was completed. “And it’s miserable,” added Robertsons’ stepson, Mikeal Johnson. Beyer stated that one of Robertson’s children, an eight-year-old boy, was home at the time of the incident.”We were all very shocked when this happened, but honestly, sadly, we are not surprised,” Beyer stated. “This has been nine years and coming.”

Beyer claimed Shadbar terrorized her niece’s neighborhood. “Random during the day or night, he would come out and shoot his gun off into the air, into the woods across the street,” Beyer recalled. “Call out racist slurs. God forbid an eight-year-old be playing in the backyard or front yard.” Shadbar is due back in court on May 23. He has the right to appeal his detention at that hearing.