' s ▁hand ▁and ▁fire ▁in ▁ret ali ation , ▁w ounding ▁him ▁in ▁the ▁st om ach . ▁Both ▁men ▁were ▁driven ▁to ▁the ▁hospital ' s ▁emer gency ▁room , ▁where ▁Say ne ▁recognized ▁his ▁attack er ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁old ▁work m ates ▁- ▁Rud y ▁Bl adel . ▁He ▁in quired ▁about ▁his ▁reasoning , ▁with ▁Bl adel ▁rep lying ▁that ▁he ▁wanted ▁" to ▁get ▁the ▁N iles ▁men ▁out ▁of ▁El kh art ". ▁ ▁On ▁December ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁Rud y ▁was ▁sent enced ▁to ▁a ▁one - to - five ▁year ▁imprison ment ▁term ▁at ▁the ▁Indiana ▁State ▁Pr ison ▁in ▁Michigan ▁City ▁for ▁attempted ▁murder . ▁He ▁was ▁released ▁after ▁serving ▁ 1 8 ▁months . ▁ ▁James ▁McC r ory ▁The ▁killing ▁sp ree ▁continued ▁not ▁long ▁after , ▁and ▁on ▁April ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁another ▁victim ▁was ▁claimed ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁yard ▁at ▁El kh ark : ▁ 5 1 - year - old ▁engineer ▁James ▁M . ▁" T iny " ▁McC r ory , ▁from ▁N iles . ▁He ▁had ▁been ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁head ▁with ▁a ▁de er ▁sl ug ▁from ▁a ▁ 2 0 - g au ge ▁shot gun ▁while ▁sitting ▁in ▁his ▁locomot ive ▁cab , ▁which ▁was ▁park ed ▁near ▁the ▁dies el ▁house . ▁ ▁Al most ▁two ▁years ▁after ▁this ▁murder , ▁Bl adel ▁was ▁arrested ▁by ▁A TF