Man Arrested After Shooting, Killing Chrysler LeBaron
POSTED: Tuesday, April 19, 2005
UPDATED: 3:49 pm EDT April 19, 2005
LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. -- Deputies say a Lauderdale-By-The-Sea man shot and killed his ailing car last Friday.
Investigators said that John McGivney, 64, walked out of his home at Bougainvilla Isles Apartments last Friday with a .380 caliber, semi-automatic pistol. He walked across the parking lot and pumped five rounds into the hood of his 1994 Chrysler LeBaron LX. A tongue-in-cheek police report listed the LeBaron as "deceased."The apartment manager, George Haberkorn, said he asked McGivney what he was doing. He said McGivney responded, "I'm putting my car out of its misery, George."After getting a call that shots had been fired, Broward Sheriff's Office deputies rushed to the scene and set up a perimeter around the apartment complex. They ordered McGivney to come out of his apartment unarmed and with his hands up. He did, and was subsequently charged with a firearms violation. McGivney bonded out of jail the next day.The police report said, "except for the car, no injuries were reported."
Investigators said that John McGivney, 64, walked out of his home at Bougainvilla Isles Apartments last Friday with a .380 caliber, semi-automatic pistol. He walked across the parking lot and pumped five rounds into the hood of his 1994 Chrysler LeBaron LX. A tongue-in-cheek police report listed the LeBaron as "deceased."The apartment manager, George Haberkorn, said he asked McGivney what he was doing. He said McGivney responded, "I'm putting my car out of its misery, George."After getting a call that shots had been fired, Broward Sheriff's Office deputies rushed to the scene and set up a perimeter around the apartment complex. They ordered McGivney to come out of his apartment unarmed and with his hands up. He did, and was subsequently charged with a firearms violation. McGivney bonded out of jail the next day.The police report said, "except for the car, no injuries were reported."Copyright 2005 by Local10.com.
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