Posted on 09/28/2017 10:10:22 AM PDT by Gamecock
A man and his uncle fired a gun at passing cars in northern Iredell County while drinking beer and watching their lawnmower and vehicle burn, and the uncle was later injured after he set his house on fire, the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies also shot the uncle, Jimmy Carson Messer, with a Taser as he resisted arrest, Sheriff Darren Campbell said.
The incident happened after 8 p.m. on Tuesday at Messer’s house in the 800 block of Blackwelder Road, north of Statesville, according to a press release. Deputies say a passing driver reported the two men had fired a gun at them.
Deputies arrived at the home and found Messer, 62, with his 30-year-old nephew, Bobby Lee Messer Jr. The two were in the front yard, drinking beer and watching a vehicle and a lawnmower that were fully engulfed in flames, the release said.
Bobby Messer told deputies that he had a gun in his pocket, the sheriff’s office said. After talking with the men, both were arrested.
Jimmy Messer then slipped out of his handcuffs and resisted arrest. Campbell said Jimmy Messer was shot with a Taser to take him into custody.
The fires were still burning in the yard while the arrests took place.
Bobby Messer, of the 3300 block of Hickory Highway, was charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon related to firing his gun at passing cars. He was given a $5,000 secured bond.
His uncle was charged with resisting, obstructing or delaying the investigation and released on a $5,000 unsecured bond.
Jimmy Messer went back to his home on Blackwelder Road late that night, the release said. Around 3:50 a.m. on Wednesday, he set fire to his home.
Ebenezer, Cool Springs and Harmony fire departments responded to the fire. The extent of the damage wasn’t immediately available.
Jimmy Messer was injured in the fire, according to the sheriff’s office. Iredell EMS transported him to Iredell Memorial Hospital for treatment. His condition wasn’t released.
Deputies are still investigating and no additional charges have been filed.
Drunk guys shooting guns at passing cars ... and they release them?
Maybe daddy is the Sheriff??
Wow! Obviously two more MENSA candidates. You can see the intelligence in their faces.
If they were black you know BLM would be crying about police brutality.
It’s another not Florida article! Y’all are making us look better. Thanks!
Well, if this is wrong, then we’re going to have to come up with some new games at the family reunion next summer.
yep, its the South alright... color me shocked.
I don’t have to guess which end of the Bell Curve they are on.
Same white trash I see on Cops every time I watch.
Hey, sounds like a typical Tuesday evening.
And yet there’s a theory that beer is the fount of civilization...
Somebody has to be home to keep the party going...........
My Name Is Earl
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It's called "incrementalism" and it all started with the banning of Lawn Jarts back in 1988......Setting lawn mowers on fire and shooting at cars was just the natural replacement.
Yeah. but that was before guns an’ lawnmowers an’ cars an, such stuff as that.
White people. I didn’t even have to look.
My cousin Diane used to think it was great fun when playing with the metal tipped lawn darts to spin around until she was good and dizzy and then just let the dart fly.
Landed one on the hood of Dad’s new Oldsmobile.
Dad went and got the lawn dart.
He brought it back to her and “accidentally” dropped it on her foot.
She was barefoot.
Her foot was stuck to the ground and she was spinning around in circles screaming.
We do a dance at every family reunion called The Diane Spin where you plant your left foot and spin in circles.
She doesn’t think it’s funny.
I think it’s hilarious.
They is methed up.
There is video of humblegunner driving an ATV while someone shoots bottle rockets at him. I don’t think it was a Tuesday, though.
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