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| Don't Take A Weed Whacker To A Gun Fight |
| 2010-07-02 |
| An Alturas man wielding a weed trimmer who threatened his 68-year-old neighbor was shot twice Thursday and now faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Bruce asked Wilkerson to stop, but Wilkerson said he would hit Bruce with the weed trimmer and lifted it toward his face, Detective Michael Carver reported. Bruce pointed a .25-caliber pistol and shot Wilkerson, who was standing sideways at the time, in the upper back and buttocks. When Carver talked to other residents in the neighborhood, he learned Wilkerson had a history of not getting along with his neighbors. "It was learned ... that Mr. Wilkerson routinely threatens and provokes his neighbors," Carver wrote in his report. "Mr. Wilkerson did use a deadly weapon to threaten the victim (Bruce) and the victim did have a well-founded fear of being injured or killed. The victim's actions were in self-defense." Bruce's lawyer, David Carmichael, said he was pleased with the finding. It wasn't until Wilkerson's "bizarre behavior" recently that Bruce began carrying his pistol with him, Carmichael said. "(Bruce) was in a heightened state of awareness when this guy was around." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |