A 20-year-old UW-Oshkosh student is being charged with operating a shotgun while intoxicated, intentionally pointing a shotgun at a person and discharging a shotgun within 100 yards of a building.
Joshua D. Gitter faces a possibility of serving nine months in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Oshkosh Police Officer Dennis Woerpel testified on Feb. 28 about the following events that occurred on the night of Feb. 24.
The charges came about after Gitter and his friends were drinking beers at a bonfire on New York Avenue. Gitter got into a heated conversation with Chad Wilcox.
Gitter began making insulting comments about carpenters.
After Gitter made the remark,” You’re nothing unless you’re a banker or a have lots of money,” to Wilcox, the two got into a physical alteration.
After Wilcox punched Gitter, Gitter went into the house, got a shotgun and shot it into the air.
Gitter than made threatening remarks, and told those at the bonfire to get out of his yard.
Wilcox then pointed the gun at Jon Strick, who was attending the bonfire. Jon hit the ground, and someone came up behind Gitter and took the shotgun away from him.
Brian Kosmosky, who was by Gitter when he got the gun, said that Gitter threatened to kill people and that he thought Gitter was going to shoot someone.
Officer Haberland reported to the scene, where Gitter was taken into police custody. Gitter failed the PBT test, which read a .124.
At Gitter’s initial appearance on Feb. 28, he was held on a $1,500 signature bond.
Gitter’s next court appearance is on April 12 at 11:00 a.m.
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