Man shot in fight over James Brown's height (Alabama)

Mobile Register ^ | January 10, 2007 | Connie Baggett

[Graybeard58]

Gunfire landed a 70-year-old Atmore man in jail and a 62-year-old man in the hospital Monday after the two got into a heated argument over the height of recently deceased soul musician James Brown, police said.

Atmore police said David James Brooks Jr. walked into the police station and told officers he had been shot. Paramedics rushed him to a hospital for treatment.

Minutes later, Dan Gulley Jr. arrived at the station, saying he had fired the gunshot, officers said Tuesday.

Investigators learned that the two men had been at a friend's house on Stallworth Street when they argued about just how tall James Brown was.

Brown, known as "The Godfather of Soul" and the "Hardest Working Man in Show Business," died Dec. 25 in Atlanta of a heart attack at the age of 73.

His career spanned 50 years, including hits during the civil rights movement and into the 1980s.

So just how tall was Brown, who was known to wear lifts?

He was 5 feet 6 inches tall, according to several Internet sources.

One of those sources -- CelebHeights.com -- bills itself as a "fairly reliable guide" but does not state its source.

Other Internet references to Brown's height also do not list sources.

Witnesses told police that after Gulley and Brooks' argument escalated, Gulley began shooting at Brooks, hitting him twice in the abdomen.

Brooks, already wounded, went to his vehicle, got a gun and returned fire at Gulley, missing him, according to a police news release.

Gulley was arrested by Atmore Police officers and charged with assault. He remained in Escambia County Jail on Tuesday. Brooks remained in the hospital on Tuesday, officers said. Information regarding his condition was not available.

Atmore officers said the shooting happened shortly after noon Monday and that alcohol is not believed to be a factor. Police recovered two small-caliber handguns, investigators said.

[trisham]

Good grief. Is it really possible to be this stupid?

[ClearCase_guy]

After being shot, did anyone scream and grunt? "EOWWWW! UH-HUH! YEEEEAAAAH!" Did paramedics rush out and cover the victim with a cape and lead him anywhere? And did he immediately return with renewed vigor?

[Rakkasan1]

the scary thing is, "alcohol was NOT a factor".

[Graybeard58]

the scary thing is, "alcohol was NOT a factor".

Had they been drinking, they may have shot up the whole neighborhood over this vitally important issue.

[Charles Henrickson]

. . . James Brown's height

Six feet under.

[weegee]

James Brown's solution was to lean back and stare you down so that he was still "looking down" at you.

[Cecily]

New syndrome: Celebrity Height Rage.

[Yo-Yo]

"Sometimes it make me break out in a cold sweat!
One two three four!

Hot tub! Ha! Da!
Ah, full of water!
I say hot tub! Ha!
Day! Ba! Very, very hot. Very hot! Da!
Hot tub! Gonna get ya hot-a!
Gonna make ya sweat! Hey! Say!
Hot tub! Rub a dub in the hot tub!
Rub a dub with me!

Should I get in the hot tub?
(Yeah!) Will it make me sweat?
(Yeah!) Should I get in the hot tub?
(Yeah!) Will it make me wet?
(Yeah!) Well, well, well..

Hot tub! Ah!
Get in!
Gonna get in the water!
Gonna make me sweat! Ah!
Here I go in the hot tub!

Hhhhhiiiigggghhhh!!!

Too hot in the hot tub! Ma!
Burn myself!
Make it cooler!
Good God!
Gonna make me..

I'm gonna get in the hot tub..
I'm gonna get in the hot tub..
I'm gonna get in the hot tub..
Ha! Lilin! Lidilin! Eh!
A gonna make me sweat-ah!
Dah! Gonna make me sweat!
Gonna make me sweat-ah!
Dah! Gonna get me in the hot tub!
I can't stand it!
Here I go! I can't stand it!

Here I go in the hot tub!
Gonna get in the hot tub!
Gonna get it wet-ah!
Good God!
Hhhiiigggghhhhh!!! Ha!
Good God!
Rub a dub!
In the hot tub!
Rub a dub with me!
Good God!
Rub a dub in the hot tub!
Gonna set me free!"

[ClearCase_guy]

I had forgotten about that bit. Priceless!

[SoldierDad]

. . . James Brown's height Six feet under.

He has yet to be buried. When he is, his height will actually be measured in depth.

[ishabibble]

'Fraid not. The lovely Brown family are too busy looting the estate to even bury the poor Godfather of Soul.
I saw a story here yesterday that said he is still laid out in the parlor of his home, courtesy of the local mortician.
I don't know why the cops haven't stepped in...this is a desecration of a corpse.
Ted Williams family are a bunch of beauts, too. Poor Ted was frozen, then he melted, then they froze him again.

It seems like everyone loved them except their loved ones.

[dfwgator]

I think after he got shot, he yelled out "I FEEL BAD!!"

[Continental Soldier]

Sometimes, when you least expect it, Darwin is there.

[day10]

James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub

Enjoy!

[festus]

Six feet under.

Not yet. He's still above ground as of tonite and his kin is still arguing about where to put him among other things.

;-)

[JRochelle]

LOL!

Line of the day!