ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford Police arrested Nelson Kennedy, 47, for allegedly pointing a pistol at staff working at District Bar and Grill.
On August 2, around 3 a.m., officers were called to the downtown Rockford bar for reports of a patron with a firearm. Multiple employees told authorities Kennedy was kicked out of the bar for being too intoxicated earlier in the evening.
He returned through the rear entrance with a handgun and pointed it at staff after they were closed, according to court records.
Victims told officials that Kennedy attempted to discharge the firearm…