Man Charged For 'Killing' His Chrysler
Cops: Shot 1994 Chrysler LeBaron

Apr 20, 2005 8:50 am US/Eastern
LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. (CBS)

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 convertible 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.”
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