Trial for Quincy man charged in July 2024 shooting incident outside TJ Maxx moved to July docket

QUINCY — The trial for a Quincy man facing a charge of attempted first-degree murder and four other felony charges stemming from a July 6, 2024, shooting incident in the TJ Maxx parking lot at the Prairie Trails Crossing shopping center has been pushed back to the July jury docket, and the man he allegedly shot in self-defense also made a court appearance on Wednesday. 

The trial for Alan Pacheco, 22, was stricken from the June docket during a brief hearing Wednesday morning in Adams County Circuit Court before Circuit Judge Kevin Tippey. The trial previously was on the December docket and the February docket.

Pacheco had been lodged in the Adams County Jail since his arrest but was placed on house arrest after a Dec. 7 hearing and is on GPS monitoring.

Defense attorney Ryan Schuenke said Wednesday that video of a police interview of Terrance Horton, the man Pacheco shot during the TJ Maxx incident, recently became available. Horton was arrested last month on a charge of possession of a weapon by a felon and is housed in the Adams County Jail.

“I just want to be able to review (Horton’s video interview) with my client and have time to prepare for what’s on there,” Schuenke told Tippey.

A status hearing was scheduled for June 11.

Pacheco has been charged with:

• Two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, a Class 1 felony punishable for between five and 15 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, for discharging a firearm at Horton and Islam D. Woodson.
• One count of aggravated battery with a firearm, a Class X felony punishable for between six and 30 years in prison, for discharging a firearm and causing injury to Horton.
• One count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a Class 4 felony punishable for between one and three years in prison, for knowingly possessing a Smith and Wesson M&P Shield 9mm handgun when he was not on his land, his home or his place of business.
• One count of attempted first-degree murder, a Class X felony punishable for between 25 years to natural life in prison, in that he knowingly discharged a firearm with intent to kill Horton. 

Officers from the Quincy Police Department were dispatched July 6, 2024, to 6210 Broadway to a shooting incident in the parking lot in front of TJ Maxx. Officers from the Quincy Police Department, Adams County Sheriff’s Department and the Illinois State Police responded and found Horton on the ground with apparent gunshot wounds.

Pacheco was taken into custody after returning to the scene.

Schuenke argued during a July hearing that Woodson and Horton stalked Pacheco and his girlfriend as they were shopping at TJ Maxx, then attacked them as they sat in Pacheco’s vehicle. He said Pacheco acted in self-defense when he shot Horton and fired his weapon at Woodson but intentionally shot at the ground to scare him.

Horton was sentenced to 24 months of probation after pleading guilty to an October 2022 charge of aggravated battery in a public place. He is in danger of having probation revoked after he was charged in connection to the July 6, 2024, incident at TJ Maxx with possession of a weapon by a felon, a Class 3 felony; unlawful vehicular invasion, a Class 1 felony; and aggravated battery in a public place, a Class 3 felony.

Horton appeared in Adams County Circuit Court with Public Defender John Citro on Wednesday afternoon before Tippey and was arraigned on all four felony charges.

A status hearing for Horton also was scheduled for June 11. His case also was placed on the July trial docket.