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Police: Rockford felon threatens District Bar staff with a pistol

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford Police arrested Nelson Kennedy, 47, for allegedly pointing a pistol at staff working at District Bar and Grill.

On August 2, around 3 a.m., officers were called to the downtown Rockford bar for reports of a patron with a firearm. Multiple employees told authorities Kennedy was kicked out of the bar for being too intoxicated earlier in the evening.

He returned through the rear entrance with a handgun and pointed it at staff after they were closed, according to court records.

Nelson kennedy. Photo: winnebago county jail

Victims told officials that Kennedy attempted to discharge the firearm.

The suspect fled from the bar on foot soon after the incident, court documents show.

Surveillance footage corroborated what the victims had reported.

Kennedy has a revoked FOID card and was previously convicted of manufacturing and delivering cocaine in 2013.

He is now charged with seven counts of aggravated assault while using a deadly weapon, possession of a weapon by a felon and aggravated discharge of a firearm.

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