Tina Turner once asked, “What’s love got to do with it?,” and for one Illinois man, love had to do with everything! In fact, he wanted to prove his love to his new girlfriend so bad, police said he did the unthinkable to his ex. And now, he’s been slammed with charges.
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In the wee hours of Saturday (July 19), police in Peoria — about three hours south of Chicago — responded to a Shotspotter alert on the 2300 block of West Starr Street, per the Peoria County State Attorney. When they arrived, they found a female victim suffering from apparent “gunshot wounds to her feet.” The victim, whose name has not been released, was identified as Jaquon L. Timothy’s ex-girlfriend.
Police caught up with Timothy’s current love interest, who, according to Law & Crime, admitted her man told her that “he would shoot his ex-girlfriend” before the alleged attack. Afterwards, she claimed he even called her to confirm, saying “he had carried it out,” authorities said.
Thanks to a search warrant, Timothy’s text messages were reviewed and investigators allegedly found a text “claiming ownership of the shooting.” Police said he shot his former flame in both her feet in a bizarre effort “to prove his love to his new girlfriend.”
The very next day, the 23-year-old was arrested. He’s charged with one count of aggravated battery with a firearm and has been held without bond. If convicted, Timothy faces up to 30 years in a state correctional facility.
As far as the ex, she was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, a spokesperson for Peoria Police, reportedly told local news station WMBD.
This isn’t Timothy’s first run-in with the law. He spent two years behind bars followed by three years of supervised released, after he burglarized a gun store in 2020 and stole nine guns with four other suspects. According to the Justice Department, he plead guilty in federal court to conspiracy to steal and possess firearms from a federal firearms licensee, stealing from a federal firearms licensee, and possession of a stolen firearm charges.
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