(La Porte, IN) - A Chicago area man is behind bars for allegedly firing two gunshots inside a downtown La Porte bar last year.

 

Kajuan Riley-Bourgouis, 23, is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Level 4 felony unlawful possession of a firearm and Level 5 felony criminal recklessness.

 

According to the charging information, there was at least 50 patrons inside Monty’s Pool Hall at Lincolnway and Madison St. when the shots were fired just before 2 a.m. in October of last year.

 

Surveillance video shows two women involved in a scuffle when Bourgouis reaches toward his waistband before the shots were fired into the floor near the bar.  A bar patron tried restraining the suspect, who broke free and fled out the back door, police said.

 

Authorities said Bourgouis pleaded guilty to robbery and theft in Illinois less than two weeks prior to the gunshots.  He was being held in the La Porte County Jail on $20,000 bond.