Don’t bring a sword to a gun fight.
The posted story is from Gannett which can’t be linked.
Here is another version of the story...
Authorities said the incident began at about 8 a.m. when Sellars’ mother called authorities from a nearby Circle K gas station at State Road 70 and 33rd Street East.
The mother told deputies that her son had hit her twice with a phone book and had choked her. Another son, Casey Whitaker, who arrived on scene after the shooting, told the Herald-Tribune that his mother had several neck surgeries in the past.
The mother told deputies while Sellars was hitting her, she was not able to leave the house where they lived with Sellars’ adult sister. At one point the mother was able to call 911 from the house, but Sellars allegedly grabbed the phone from her and went into a back bedroom.
When he went to the back of the house, Sellars’ mother was able to escape and take a pickup to the gas station.
The mother filled out an affidavit, and deputies went to the house to arrest Sellars on charges of battery and false imprisonment at about 9:30 a.m.