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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jon Seidel

Indianapolis man admits firing gun near Jesse Brown VA hospital, pleads guilty to gun charge

People stand outside the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 820 S. Damen Ave., after a person with a weapon was arrested following reports of shots fired at the hospital Aug. 12, 2019.  | Sun-Times file

The Indianapolis man accused of opening fire at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center while armed with an assault rifle in 2019 pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge Tuesday after two years of back-and-forth over his mental competency.

Bernard Harvey Jr., 43, pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a Ruger PC Carbine 9mm rifle. He now faces a likely prison sentence of three to five years, according to lawyers in the case. U.S. District Judge Robert Dow set his sentencing hearing for early May.

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