Decker v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Cause No. 2:22-CR-29-PPS-JEM ) SCOTT PATRICK DECKER, ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER On June 10, 2021, Scott Patrick Decker got into an argument with his girlfriend over the phone. [DE 50 at 4.] He got so angry that he took out a Taurus 9mm handgun and fired a shot into the ground. [Id.] His neighbors, already alerted to his yelling, understandably became concerned at the sound of a gunshot and called the Hammond Police Department. [Id.] Upon arrival, the police…