A person commits an aggravated assault, which is unlawful, when, in committing an assault, he or she:
(A) Uses a deadly weapon;
(B) Is hooded, robed, or masked in such manner as to conceal his or her identity;
(C) Knows the individual assaulted to be a teacher or other person employed in any school and the teacher or other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for school purposes;
(D) Knows the individual assaulted to be a supervisor, director, instructor, or other person employed in any park district and the supervisor, director, instructor, or other employee is upon the grounds of the park or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for park purposes;
(E) Knows the individual assaulted to be a caseworker, investigator, or other person employed by the State Department of Public Aid or a County Department of Public Aid and the caseworker, investigator, or other person is upon the grounds of a Public Aid office or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building used for public aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a home of a public aid applicant, recipient, or any other person being interviewed or investigated in the employee’s discharge of his or her duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient, or other person resides or is located;
(F) Knows the individual assaulted to be a peace officer, or a person summoned and directed by him or her or a correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the execution of any of his or her official duties;
(G) Knows the individual assaulted to be a firefighter engaged in the execution of any of his or her official duties;
(H) Knows the individual assaulted to be the driver, operator, employee, or passenger of any transportation facility or system engaged in the business of transportation of the public for hire, and the individual assaulted is then performing in that capacity or then using the public transportation as a passenger or using any area of any description designated by the transportation facility or system as a vehicle boarding, departure, or transfer location;
(I) Knows the individual assaulted to be an employee of the State of Illinois, a municipal corporation therein, or a political subdivision thereof, engaged in the performance of his or her authorized duties as that employee; or
(J) The individual assaulted is on or about a public way, public property, or public place of accommodation or amusement.
(Prior Code, § 9-3) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 12-2