Wednesday from bystanders who reported a white woman pointing a gun at a Black family at the restaurant, 4921 S. He said the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office received several 911 calls at about 6 p.m. Jillian Wuestenberg exited the vehicle and pointed the gun at the Black family, who are Pontiac residents, after the mother stepped behind the vehicle, Bouchard said.īouchard said both Wuestenbergs hold concealed pistol licenses and were carrying the guns legally. The Black family told police that in addition to having a gun pointed at them, they felt threatened because the Wuestenbergs backed into the mother with their vehicle as the mother walked behind it. The Wuestenbergs said the mother slapped the back of their vehicle and that members of the family made threatening statements. No one is racist.”īouchard said the Wuestenbergs told deputies they felt threatened because the mother of the Black teenager stood behind their vehicle as they tried to leave. “You can’t just walk around calling white people racist,” Jillian Wuestenberg says in the video. Their next court appearance will be a July 4 probable cause conference before Judge Julie Nicholson. Both were given a $50,000 personal bond.Īs part of their bond conditions, they must turn over all firearms, not engage in any assaultive behavior and may not leave the state. Magistrate Marie Soma of the 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills arraigned the Wuestenbergs Thursday afternoon. Jillian Deanne Wuestenberg, 32, and Eric Peter Wuestenberg, 42, who are white, are charged in a confrontation in which Jillian Wuestenberg pointed a gun at a Black family outside the restaurant Wednesday evening, July 1.Īt a news conference Thursday afternoon, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Eric Wuestenberg also exited the couple’s van with a handgun during the confrontation. The Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office has charged an Independence Township couple with felonious assault, a four-year felony, after a racially-charged gun incident outside the Chipotle Mexican Grill in Orion Township.
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