Crime & Safety
Man Used 'Henry Pratt' To Threaten Aurora Housing Authority: Cops
Police say he is the second person to use the Henry Pratt tragedy to make a threat since the Feb. 15 shooting.
AURORA, IL — An Aurora man has been accused of threatening to "pull a Henry Pratt" on the Aurora Housing Authority, in the second such incident the city has seen since the deadly Feb. 15 shooting. Police say Shane Pfister, 55, of the 500 block of South River Street, was taken into custody Thursday after threatening the housing authority for trying to evict him, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Pfister was reportedly on a phone call with the Aurora Housing Authority's law firm May 7 when he became "agitated" and said he would "pull a Henry Pratt" on two officials from the Aurora Housing Authority, police say.
Pfister was taken to Kane County Jail and charged with threatening a public official. He is currently being held on $200,000 bond.
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Pfister is the second person to mention the Feb. 15 shooting at Henry Pratt Manufacturing in a threat. In March, an Aurora nursing home employee was arrested for saying he was going to get a gun from his car and "pull a Henry Pratt."
That man, Duane A. Moss, was fined $500 and sentenced to community service.
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