Posted on 11/14/2006 7:11:42 AM PST by HotTubDave
Home invader shot in head in Knoxville Tuesday, November 14, 2006 By Jim McKinnon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A Knoxville man was charged with shooting and critically wounding an armed gunmen during a drug related home invasion robbery last night. Police withheld the identity of the wounded intruder. The resident suspected of shooting him has been identified as Bruce Charles Jr. The charges stem from an incident at 11:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Suncrest Street, where police found the 19-year-old intruder lying on the living room floor with a bullet wound of the head. Mr. Charles, 20, said he had been at home with his 2-month-old baby and the infant's 19-year-old mother when two men entered his residence. One of the intruders pulled a pistol and demanded money, police said. Mr. Charles retrieved a gun and shot one of the intruders in the head, police said. The man who was shot was taken to Mercy Hospital, where he was in critical condition today. Mr. Charles was charged with illegal possession of a firearm, possession of marijuana and possession with intent to deliver the pot.
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Actually, the more I read the story, the more I tend to agree with you. At first it smelled real weird, but then as you say the police may of felt it was a different situation. They are in those trenches everyday, so they have a bit more knowledge than I do.
I wonder how it was determined that the defendant was in possession of pot with intent to distribute.<<<<<
Could be the quantity, or maybe he had pay and owe sheets or other items indicating more than personal use. People are really dumb when it comes to incriminating themselves, I could tell so many stories...
"Mr. Charles was charged with illegal possession of a firearm, possession of marijuana and possession with intent to deliver the pot."
Doesn't say he was charged with shooting anyone.
EXACTLY! Good observation.
Murtha's district?
The headline reads "Home invader shot in head in Knoxville"....don't know if that was changed by the original source during posting on FR.
Did the site change the mother's age and the headline after you posted?
Welcome to FR! It looks like you posted a headline that wasn't the original headline. Please use the headline of the story you post, so other FReepers can find it when searching. Thanks!
What reporters are "these reporters"??? Please let me know what paper pays that way nowdays. Or are you just making this up.
I do believe I heard on the radio it was all about drugs....
"...A Knoxville man was charged with shooting and critically wounding an armed gunmen during a drug related home invasion robbery last night."
Misleading title, misleading sentence. Drug thug shoots drug thug, probably on parole and is charged for having a gun and drugs with intent to sell. Upside, one less drug thug....maybe two if the judge puts the shooter away for good.
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