Lockport area man held pending trial in shooting of neighbor

A 70-year-old Lockport area man is due back in a Will County court room this month on charges including attempted first-degree murder and a hate crime for allegedly shooting his neighbor.

John Shadbar, of the 16500 block of West 144th Place, is also charged with aggravated discharge, aggravated battery and felony possession and use of a firearm, according to police. His neighbor, a 45-year-old woman, was shot while outside her home May 7 in what police said appeared to have been a racially motivated incident...