Mancow's Most Wanted

By Matt Wood in News on Nov 22, 2005 3:59PM

Q101 morning show host and nationally-syndicated DJ Mancow Muller is putting up $5,000 of his own money as a reward to help find the hit-and-run driver who struck one of his show's regulars. Raymond "Cowboy Ray" Hofstatter, a mentally handicapped man who frequently called in and appeared on the show, was crossing the street on the 5500 block of South Archer on his way home from a bar early Sunday morning when a woman in a black Honda Civc hit him and kept going. Witnesses told police that the impact threw Hofstatter 20 feet and ripped his clothes off. He is in critical condition after having surgery to remove a kidney.

Mancow spent most of his show Monday talking about the incident, asking callers for tips and trying to raise money to add to his reward. He believes the driver was drag racing when she hit Ray, and claims he has already gotten a few worthwhile tips from his fans. He also promises to call in favors with police.

Think what you will about Mancow, that he's a childish, Libertarian conspiracy-theorist nutjob and all around obnoxious boor, but Chicagoist believes he does have a heart. We used to listen to Mancow on our long commutes to work before we knew any better. For as much as he exploited Cowboy Ray for laughs, making him think he was going to get laid or star in a movie with Alyssa Milano, he does seem to care about the guy. This gesture is sincere. But then again, in the 10 minutes we were able to stomach of this morning's show Mancow was talking to Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park about hookers, cocaine, and Kevin Federline, then told his next guest--who was in the midst of a tirade about building a fence between the US and Mexico to keep out illegal immigrants--that Americans who want to withdraw troops from Iraq should be tried for sedition. Like we expected any different from Mr. Free Speech Radio.

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