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http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/09/25/news/doc48daa1653a43a154162392.txt

BLOOMINGTON -- A Normal man faces a charge of residential burglary in connection with a Monday incident in which he was shot in the legs while allegedly attempting to break into a Bloomington apartment.

Joshua A. McGuire, 22, whose address was listed as the 900 block of South Adelaide Street, must post $1,500 to be released from McLean County Jail.

McLean County Judge Rebecca Foley set arraignment for Oct. 10 and granted a public defender. McGuire, wearing a green jail jumpsuit, entered the courtroom in a wheelchair Wednesday.

Police said McGuire was shot twice in the left knee and once in the right knee by a 51-year-old man who told police he heard McGuire trying to break into a downstairs apartment in the 400 block of West Chestnut Street.

Bloomington Police spokesman Duane Moss said the neighbor, armed with a .22-caliber rifle, demanded the intruder lay down on the ground and fired when the man refused and allegedly reached for his waistband.

Preliminary reports show McGuire did not have a weapon when arrested, but Moss said McGuire had fled the scene and that some time had passed before police talked to him.

Moss said McGuire left the scene to seek treatment at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal, before police were able to interview him.

On Wednesday, an assistant state’s attorney told the judge that McGuire denied stealing anything from the apartment, saying he went there to see a friend and was punched by one of two people leaving the apartment.

The shooter, who has not been charged, said an entrance to the building and the door to the lower-level unit both had been kicked in.