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Sun-Sentinel.com
April 19, 2005, 1:14 PM EDT
LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA – A man was jailed briefly over the weekend for shooting his broken-down car -- five times.
Broward Sheriff's Office spokesman Hugh Graf said John McGivney, 64, walked out of his home at the Bougainvilla Isles Apartments, on the 4500 block of Bougainvilla Drive, clutching a loaded .380 caliber semi-automatic pistol in his hand around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, April 15th,
McGivney, Graf said, walked across the parking lot and up to his green 1994 Chrysler LeBaron. He pointed the gun at the aging auto and calmly pumped five rounds into car's hood.
When George Haberkorn, the property's manager, asked what he was doing, McGivney replied, "I'm putting my car out of its misery, George." McGivney then put the pistol in his pocket and calmly walked back to his apartment.
Deputies were called. They set up a perimeter around the complex and ordered McGivney to come out of his apartment unarmed and with his hands up. He did. McGivney was charged with a firearms violation. He bonded out of jail the next day.
Graf said no injuries were reported – except to the car.
April 19, 2005, 1:14 PM EDT
LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA – A man was jailed briefly over the weekend for shooting his broken-down car -- five times.
Broward Sheriff's Office spokesman Hugh Graf said John McGivney, 64, walked out of his home at the Bougainvilla Isles Apartments, on the 4500 block of Bougainvilla Drive, clutching a loaded .380 caliber semi-automatic pistol in his hand around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, April 15th,
McGivney, Graf said, walked across the parking lot and up to his green 1994 Chrysler LeBaron. He pointed the gun at the aging auto and calmly pumped five rounds into car's hood.
When George Haberkorn, the property's manager, asked what he was doing, McGivney replied, "I'm putting my car out of its misery, George." McGivney then put the pistol in his pocket and calmly walked back to his apartment.
Deputies were called. They set up a perimeter around the complex and ordered McGivney to come out of his apartment unarmed and with his hands up. He did. McGivney was charged with a firearms violation. He bonded out of jail the next day.
Graf said no injuries were reported – except to the car.
