Violent Voyeur. (Exercising the Right).At around 4:10 a.m. on November 22nd, Charles Reed This article is about the British politician. For the Pennsylvania Congressman, see Charles Manning Reed. Sir Charles Reed MP FSA (1819 – March 25, 1881) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Hackney and St Ives), Chairman , 42, kicked in the basement door of an apartment building in Buffalo Grove, Illinois This article is about the Chicago suburb, Buffalo Grove, Illinois. For the unincorporated Ogle County community of the same name, see Buffalo Grove, Ogle County, Illinois. , then ran up the back stairwell stair·well n. A vertical shaft around which a staircase has been built. stairwell Noun a vertical shaft in a building that contains a staircase Noun 1. and into a first floor bedroom occupied by a couple in their late fifties. He yelled at the woman to disrobe. The couple, however, were already awakened by the noise of the break-in and were prepared to defend themselves. The husband, armed with a revolver, fired a single shot that struck Reed in the chest. The voyeuristic intruder was pronounced dead a short while later at the Cook County medical examiner's office. Reed apparently did not know the couple, and did not appear to have ransacked ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. the apartment or to have tried to steal anything. According to the next day's Chicago Sun Times, "The shooting was ruled justified and charges were not brought against" the husband. |
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