A person unintentionally shot himself in his sleep whereas dreaming a couple of residence invasion. He's now been charged with 2 felonies.

• A person unintentionally shot himself in his sleep whereas dreaming a couple of residence intrusion, a press launch stated.
• Mark Dicara of Lake Barrington, Illinois, fired a .357 Magnum revolver in his leg, officers stated.
• He was charged with possession of an unlawful firearm and reckless discharge. 

A person in Lake County, Illinois, who unintentionally shot himself whereas sleeping, has been taken into custody on costs of unlawful possession and reckless discharge of a firearm, native officers stated.

The person, recognized as Mark Dicara of Lake Barrington, grabbed a .357 Magnum revolver in his sleep whereas dreaming about an intruder coming into his residence on Monday evening, a press launch stated.

He then fired the revolver and shot himself within the leg, immediately waking up from the dream, it added.

There was no intruder in his home on the time, in response to officers.

Police had been known as to the scene and located Dicara in his mattress with a “important quantity of blood.” They utilized a tourniquet and transported him to a close-by hospital for therapy. 

“The spherical discharged from the firearm went by way of Dicara’s leg and lodged itself into Dicara’s bedding.  Thankfully, the spherical didn’t journey by way of a shared wall with Dicara’s neighbors,” the press launch stated. 

An investigation discovered that Dicara had owned and used the revolver regardless of not having a Firearm Homeowners Identification (FOID) card, which is necessary within the state of Illinois.

Based on officers, Dicara’s FOID had beforehand been revoked, the press launch stated, although particulars as to why are unclear. 

The Lake County State’s Legal professional’s Workplace didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark. 

Dicara was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm with no legitimate FOID card and reckless discharge of a firearm. He was launched after posting a $150,000 bond and is scheduled to seem in court docket on June 29.

There have been a string of remoted and mindless gun violence incidents within the US. 

Earlier this yr, Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager from Missouri, was shot and wounded by a white house owner after he mistakenly rang the person’s doorbell.

In North Carolina, a six-year-old woman and her father had been shot after police say their basketball rolled into the alleged shooter’s yard.