Bang Bang, I has a gun.
Posted on 09/15/2010 4:40:02 AM PDT by marktwain
KERR COUNTY, Texas -- A Kerr County man has been arrested in connection with an attack on a senior citizen that investigators said was prompted by his desire for prescription drugs.
Jason Curtis, 32, is charged with injury to the elderly in connection with the Sunday attack. He's being held on a $10,000 bond.
Capt. Scott Prout, with the Kerr County Sheriff's Office, said deputies were called to the home in the 300 block of Westway Drive around 8 p.m. Sunday for a report of an assault with shots fired.
Prout said the 79-year-old victim told deputies Curtis had hit him in the face after he refused to share his pain pills -- the prescription drug hyrdrocodone -- with him.
"There was swelling and redness on the complainant's face," Prout said. "There's evidence to support what he said."
The man, who has since been identified as Joe Close, told deputies when Curtis returned to his home, Close pulled out a handgun and fired one shot, missing him on purpose.
"I just wanted to scare him. I didn't want to wound him," Close said. "I would've killed him and I would've been in the right, defending myself."
Sheriff's investigators agreed that Close fired in self-defense. Prout said at this time that he will not face any charges.
Close said that since the attack, Prout, his former neighbor, has been ordered to stay away from the mobile home park where they both lived.
Bang Bang, I has a gun.
I don't know...
I hope the punk doesn't come back for revenge for the arrest, stoked on drugs with a Molotov cocktail in his hand in the middle of the night.
i once saw an episode of ‘cops’ where an elderly woman fired off a few rounds at an intruder. the officer took her gun... reloaded it for her... and asked her where she usually kept it.
I really like that.
Not really, if you have sused guns all your life and know how to aim.
So the Sheriff has been ordered to stay away. (Doesn't anybody proofread anymore?)
My favorite firearms instructor used to say, "Warning shot good idea. When I need fire shot, I fire warning shot. Between eyes."
I caught that too. I guess they just want the old guy to shoot to kill next time, and don’t worry about calling 911.
Dead people don’t sue.
Prout needs to be in jail!
What’s with a “restraining order”?
Useless!
“(Doesn’t anybody proofread anymore?)”
Another journalist wannabe that ought to pursue a brighter career at McDonalds.
More PC "Hate Crime" BS. It's assault and battery and it doesn't matter if the guy is elderly or not - and I'm an Old Fud.
A police officer I knew said that Restraining Orders were called "Paper Kevlar" - and as effective.
Ssure, sthat's seasy sfor syou sto ssay!
lol
Ssure, sthat's seasy sfor syou sto ssay! lol
Thanks for the chuckle.
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