Crime & Safety

Man Caught on Video Shooting Wife with Stun Gun

A cell phone video captured a Tinley Park trucker stunning his wife, literally, as he shot her in the butt over a losing bet in the Chicago Bears victory over the Green Bay Packers.

Cell phone video footage shows a Tinley Park man shooting his wife with a stun gun and her apparently bracing for the shock. 

John Grant, 42, a truck driver from Tinley Park, bet with his wife on the outcome of the Chicago Bears-Green Bay Packers game on Monday Night Football, and shot her three times with a stun gun after the Bears victory. 

Grant shot his wife shortly after midnight — twice in the butt and once on her thigh — outside of Sidelines Tap in Mayville, WI.

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After the game, husband and wife walked back to their semi-truck, and Grant threw his wife’s dog out of the truck, reports the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen, and then he refused to let the wife or the dog back in the cab.

She called police. Grant was arrested, but police later reviewed text messages and cellphone video that proved she bet on the Packers and consented to being shot with the stun gun.

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Grant faces up to $10,000 in fines and six years in prison because stun guns are illegal in Wisconsin without a permit. 


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