Anthony's Bouncer I-55 Shooting: Bail Lowered For Joliet Man

JOLIET, IL — A Joliet man who has spent more than 15 months in the Will County Jail in connection with the Interstate 55 non-fatal shooting of an Anthony's Pub bouncer learned that his bail was cut in half last week by Will County Judge Vincent Cornelius.

Will County court records show that the judge granted the motion for bail reduction submitted by defendant Bryson Carter's private practice criminal defense attorney, Chuck Bretz. Since December 2020, Carter's bail was set at $500,000.

Last week, Cornelius reduced Carter's bail to $250,000. That means Carter can be released from custody if he comes up with 10 percent, which is $25,000 cash.

Carter, who lives in the 200 block of Iowa Avenue, is charged with aggravated battery discharging a gun and aggravated discharge of a gun into an occupied vehicle. The Illinois State Police identified Carter as the driver who was chasing after the Anthony's Pub bouncer along I-55, not the actual shooter, according to Will County court records.

According to police, Carter and an acquaintance were thrown out of Anthony's after getting into a fight with bouncers on Dec. 13, 2020. When one of the bouncers began to drive home after Anthony's closed, Carter and two passengers began to follow him, court records show.

As the two vehicles headed south along I-55 between Joliet and Shorewood, Carter pulled up right next to the 37-year-old Minooka man and Carter's backseat passenger fired several gunshots at the bouncer's truck, hitting the man twice, court records show.

During an interview with Illinois State Police that December, Carter identified a 26-year-old Crest Hill man by name as the gunman who shot the bouncer.

Carter also provided police with the name of his front-seat passenger, who Carter claimed wanted to chase after the bouncer after they were thrown out of Anthony's, according to court documents

However, the Illinois State Police has not made any additional arrests in the case, just Carter.

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