The attack unfolded around 8:46 p.m. ET Monday, according to the complaint. Two friends who were with Means said they got into an argument with Pulliam after the older man allegedly bumped into Means in front of a Dollar General store. Pulliam went into the store, they said, and after he re-emerged, walked past them on the street.
The boys, standing in front of a house, argued with Pulliam again, the friends told investigators. One of the friends said Means then crossed the street to confront Pulliam. Pulliam then shot Means twice, the friend said.
Means was pronounced dead at CMAC General Hospital, the complaint said.
Pulliam remains jailed without bond because he has yet to appear before a judge, a jail officer said.
A local ABC station interviewed Pulliam behind bars, and quoted him as saying Means and his friends had threatened him with a gun before he entered the Dollar General store. On the way back, Pulliam told the station, he walked on the other side of the street. He said he did not know why the boys confronted him.
This area of Charleston has been no stranger to problems. Drugs, shootings, other problems. There is a GO-Mart (gas station) near by that has had problems, been in the news and everyone wants to blame the owner of that store when it fact it’s people hanging out there. Just like this kid “hanging out” at the Dollar General. This kid was messing with this man and the man told him to leave him alone. The kid would not and followed him home. The kid did not know when to quit. Yea I believe the shooter when he says he took out the trash, as that whole area of Charleston is full of it. That area in which this man lived used to be nice, used to mind you. Now it’s a ghetto.
Mayor Danny Jones has done nothing to curb it too. Jones is more worried about removing homeless people who don’t bother no one than drug dealers off the streets of Charleston.
“William Pulliam confessed to shooting James Means, 15, with a .380 caliber revolver...”
Interesting. I never before heard of a .380 caliber revolver. This attention to detail reflects on the diligence for accuracy of the writer.