Shane Bachman News Today

A judge says a bail bondsman was legally acting in self defense when he shot a fleeing client who tried to injure him with her car.

Nearly a year ago on a sunny late summer afternoon, a cascade of sharp cracks sounded in the Landings Mobile Home Park in Normal. Ronald Reiner, 66, a resident of the Landings, had taken his handgun and started shooting. Police responded with everyone on the shift, including school resource officers. When it was over, three people were dead.

The landlord was charged in the 2019 shooting death of a tenant. Stanley Jensen told the Star-Banner he plans to appeal the guilty verdict.

Stanley Jensen testified in his own defense on Wednesday. The state says hes guilty of second-degree murder; he says he shot in self-defense.

Jurors on Tuesday heard testimony suggesting a tenant was fatally attacked. The defense says the landlord fired in self-defense.