Man shot at bouncer on I-55 after getting booted from Anthony’s bar in Joliet: records

A Joliet man who works as a bouncer for Anthony’s Restaurant and Pub was shot by a man who was involved in a fight with other bouncers at the Joliet bar, court records show.

A forfeiture complaint for the Chevrolet Malibu that prosecutors said was used in the Dec. 13 incident revealed more details as to what occurred that led to the arrest of Bryson Carter, 26, of on charges of aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated discharge of a firearm.

The man who works as a bouncer for Anthony’s was taken to AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet after the incident, according to the forfeiture complaint. The man suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm and a second shot to his back.

The man told the police he was working at the 3151 Voyager Lane bar and that two men were kicked out when they got into a fight with bouncers, the forfeiture complaint said.

When the man left Anthony’s after he was done with work, a vehicle pulled out of a parking lot across from the restaurant and began to follow him.

He said the vehicle “followed him on Voyager Lane” and onto southbound Interstate 55, the forfeiture complaint said.

The man said he slowed down to “allow the vehicle to pass him,” according to the forfeiture complaint, and that is when the vehicle pulled up next to him and multiple shots were fired into his vehicle.

The man “ducked in his vehicle and attempted to pull over, while watching the other vehicle to ensure they did not come back,” the forfeiture complaint said.

The owner of Anthony’s told police that the identification cards of everyone who comes to the bar are scanned and that Carter and another person were identified as the ones who fought with the bouncers, the forfeiture complaint said.

Police were able to determine that a Chevrolet Malibu was registered to Carter and was involved in the incident, the forfeiture complaint said.

After Carter’s arrest, he told the police that he was told by a second person in his Chevrolet Malibu to follow the bouncer from Anthony’s and a third person in his car had “rolled down his window and fired multiple shots into” the victim’s car, the forfeiture complaint said.

Carter has been indicted on charges alleging he fired a gun in the direction of a vehicle occupied by another man on Dec. 13 and caused him to suffer gunshot wounds to his left arm and back.