Man who shot at ‘Batman’ car driver near McHenry guilty of attempted murder

A McHenry County judge agreed with prosecutors Monday in ruling a convicted felon intended to kill a McHenry man when he shot at his “Batman” car three times. Juan Colon was not trying to de-escalate a situation, as he had claimed, the judge said.

Colon, 29, of Waukegan, had his case heard in a bench trial last week before Judge Mark Gerhardt, forgoing a trial by jury. In announcing his verdict Monday, Gerhardt found Colon guilty of two counts of attempted murder, which are Class X felonies, along with three counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm.