Category: News and Views
LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. - A man with car trouble is in trouble after
shooting five rounds into the hood of his Chrysler "to put my car out of
its misery."
John McGivney, 64, shot his 1994 LeBaron with a .380-caliber
semiautomatic, Broward County sheriff's deputies said.
When the property manager at his apartment complex asked what he was
doing, McGivney said, "I'm putting my car out of its misery." He tucked
his gun in a pocket and went back inside.
He was arrested Friday on a misdemeanor charge of discharging a firearm
in public. He posted $100 bail Saturday.
McGivney said the car has been giving him trouble for years and had
"outlived its usefulness." He called the shooting "dumb" and worries he
will be evicted. But he doesn't regret it.
"I think every guy in the universe has wanted to do it," McGivney told
the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "It was worth every damn minute in that
jail."