{"id":767403,"date":"2026-06-28T20:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T20:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/767403\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T20:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T20:10:17","slug":"trial-moved-to-aug-24-in-ottawa-tavern-shooting-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/767403\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial moved to Aug. 24 in Ottawa tavern shooting \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Ottawa<\/a> man charged in an April 18 shooting at an Ottawa tavern (the victim survived) waived his right to a speedy trial Friday and will be tried later this summer. <\/p>\n

B.J. Redmond, 23, appeared Friday in La Salle County Circuit Court<\/a> for a motions hearing on three felony counts led by aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated discharge of a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school, both Class X felonies carrying six to 30 years in prison with no possibility of probation. <\/p>\n

He was initially set for trial after Independence Day. However, Redmond and attorney Brad Popurella said in open court that they want additional time and that Redmond would forgo his speedy-trial rights.<\/p>\n

Redmond will stand trial Aug. 24. A final pre-trial conference is set for Aug. 21.<\/p>\n

Ottawa police were dispatched early on April 18 to the patio area of the Zeller Inn, where a subject brandished a firearm, fired it, and fled. The victim sustained a shot to the upper left torso. <\/p>\n

In court records and in open court, prosecutors said multiple witnesses saw Redmond raise what two witnesses described as a small black handgun. A .380-caliber shell casing was recovered at the scene, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

The battery charge is subject to the state\u2019s Truth-in-Sentencing Act, which requires certain felons to serve 85% of their prison term. Redmond is also charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, a Class 4 felony, carrying one to three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Ottawa man charged in an April 18 shooting at an Ottawa tavern (the victim survived) waived his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,147406,214569,214570,56617,20739],"class_list":["post-767403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-illinois-valley-front-headlines","tag-la-salle-county","tag-la-salle-county-court","tag-newstribune","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}