Woman accused of shooting outside Gizmo Fun Factory in Oran Park-Chicago Tribune

2021-12-07 10:02:10 By : Mr. Bill Jiang

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A Chicago woman was charged with gun crime. Police said she shot into the air in the parking lot of Gizmo's Fun Factory at 66 Oran Square Avenue on Saturday.

Oran Park police described it as family-related and stated that no one was injured.

Police said Kinara Allmon, 24, was charged with a felony shooting a serious crime and was released on bail after a court hearing on Monday. According to the police, she has a hidden carrying permit and a valid gun owner ID.

The police said they were alerted to an argument outside Gizmo. A police officer saw a woman (later identified as Allmon) holding a gun while a man tried to snatch it from her. The police said at a news conference that during a fight, Olmon shot into the air and the man snatched it from her.

Both were detained for questioning, and the police initially said four people were detained.

After investigation, the police determined that this was a family dispute at Gizmo's parking lot, and the cause was a dispute within the company.

The initial police post on social media indicated that the argument that led to the shooting took place in Sky Zone Trampoline Park, an adjoining enterprise that was at the center of the court battle between it and Orland Park.

The social media post brought hundreds of comments from the poster, questioning the safety of the company and demanding it be shut down.

After the incident in Sky Zone in September 2020 attracted a lot of police attention, the village committee of Orland Park voted to revoke Sky Zone’s business license.

The village originally revoked its business license in December last year and upheld the decision in February after Sky Zone filed an appeal. However, Sky Zone filed a lawsuit in the Cook County Circuit Court in March.

According to a case file report, Sky Zone has been able to remain open, awaiting a preliminary appeal to the village committee, and is now submitting a court action, which is still under trial as of early November.

More details of the court proceedings are not immediately available, and it is also uncertain when the judge may rule on Sky Zone's appeal to revoke the village license.

On September 12, 2020, after an employee dialed 911 to inquire about the ongoing fighting, dozens of Orange Park police and police officers from neighboring communities responded to the Sky Zone.

According to police chief Joe Mitchell, three youths were summoned by the village law for disorderly conduct. He said after preliminary investigation that no one was injured.

In the process of seeking to revoke its business license, Orland Park also cited Sky Zone's occupancy limit as an excuse.

There is no precise determination of how many people were in the Sky Zone at the time of the call to 911. Sky Zone officials estimated the number to be about 330, while the number of police testimony at the initial license revocation hearing was between 500 and 700.

The company stated that its occupancy is limited to 682 people in accordance with fire regulations.

Sky Zone and Gizmo's share a parking lot, just east of Orland Square shopping mall. After the police called the police in September, a group of people gathered outside. Sky Zone believes that many of them are Gizmo's customers.