An Orland Park man accused of shooting a gun outside a Tinley Park bar was sentenced to three years in state prison, according to court records.
Ramsey Shelby, 23, pleaded guilty April 7 to one count of felony aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, Cook County court records stated.
Shelby, a convicted felon, was accused of discarding a weapon during a dispute in November outside J.W. Holstein’s Saloon, 17358 S. Oak Park Ave., court records stated.
Prosecutors said he was on probation for a July conviction on identity theft when he allegedly fired a handgun once into the air before driving away in front of police.
Shelby got the gun from his car during the dispute, prosecutors said. An officer from the Tinley Park dispatch center near the establishment allegedly heard the shot as he responded to the report of a fight.
The responding officer ordered Shelby to drop the metal object in his hand, prosecutors said. Shelby did not and started to walk away despite multiple orders from the officer. Instead, Shelby got into his car, which was driven by his friend, and fled, prosecutors said.
The car nearly hit others outside the bar when it sped from the scene, prosecutors said.
Shelby will receive credit for 174 days in county jail, where he was being held on $300,000 bail, officials said.
He currently is being held at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill.
Nick Swedberg is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.