       No. 15-3203

nally.1 He pointed a gun to Dale’s head and threatened to kill
Dale and other family members. When Dale pushed the gun
away, the two struggled and Kruger grabbed his uncle’s neck
and began to choke him, repeating the threat to kill him.
Telling Dale that he needed money, Kruger demanded that he
open a safe in the basement. Eventually, Dale was able to open
the safe and Kruger took a small amount of money from
within. Kruger also broke into a gun cabinet and took a rifle,
semi-automatic handgun, and a shotgun. Dale eventually
escaped to a neighbor’s house and called the police. Kruger, in
the meantime, fled the scene in his car.
    Kruger drove to a farm in rural Cassville, Wisconsin,
owned by Walter and LindaReidl. Linda saw the car arrive on
the property and pull into or behind a shed. As she
approached the shed, Kruger pointed a handgun at her. She
told him to put the gun down. Walter arrived on the scene at
that moment from elsewhere on the property driving a truck
and cattle trailer and Linda flagged him down. When Walter
exited the truck, Kruger pointed the gun at his own head. The
Reidls engaged Kruger in conversation about religion, during
which Kruger advised them that he was a disciple of God. Yet,
Kruger threatened to kill both the Reidls and himself. Walter
had been planning to take a cow he had loaded onto the trailer
to Bloomington, Wisconsin, for slaughter. Hoping to protect
Linda, he suggested that he leave the farm with Kruger in the
truck and drop him in