Thursday, June 15, 2006

Blacksburg, South Carolina

From the Gaffney Ledger of May 19, 2006
Man says he fired shots in self-defense

Police are investigating an incident in which a Blacksburg resident told police he fired shots at a man to scare him off.

According to a report on file at the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, Henry Edward Stansel, 32, of 405 Upper Deal St., said Terry Ray Hall, 28, of 524 Misty Lane, Gaffney, came to Stansel's home and began beating on the side of his house and also broke out a window.

Police said Stansel told them he protected himself by firing shots at Hall to scare him away. Hall was struck once in the abdomen.

Cherokee County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Leigh Caldwell said Hall is in stable condition in intensive care at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Sheriff's Deputy Detective Tim Clark is investigating.
No subsequent stories about this incident were found.

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