My friend teaches at NCSU, and lives in Fuquay Varina. I haven’t visited, but have the mailing address.
I just got his reply:
Somehow I missed this — but then I haven’t looked at a paper today. I am copying my reply to friends and family, some of whom may know more than I do (who doesn’t?).
It seems to me that hitting the assailant with a turkey is perfectly in keeping with the holiday spirit, as it were!
I actually have an update myself you can relate to your friend. A family fried who is a Fuquay cop got to spend the night with the perp in WakeMed’s ICU for neurological cases. Evidently he’s seriously messed up, with a huge gash on his head, bleeding out his ear, and telling everyone he’s Jesus.
Evidently the turkey was a 20 pounder with a handle on the wrapper. That’s like getting clocked with a car battery! He might have been better off just getting shot.