Fair Bluff, North Carolina

From the June 13, 2006 Fayetteville Online:

FAIR BLUFF — Allen Jerome Tyler died late Sunday in a gunfight, Fair Bluff Police Chief Marty Lewis said.

Lewis said Monday that it appears that the man who shot Tyler did so in self-defense. He would not identify the shooter pending a decision by the district attorney on charges.

The events that led to Tyler’s death started when he went looking for the shooter, Lewis said. The two had an argument earlier.

Lewis said the man told police he saw Tyler walking toward him and thought he saw a gun in Tyler’s hand. When Tyler started shooting, someone handed the man a gun and he shot back.

Multiple shots fired

At least one of the man’s .38-caliber bullets hit Tyler, apparently passing through his right arm and into his chest, Lewis said. There was a lot of gunfire, Lewis said.

“Witnesses said they shot until both guns were empty,” Lewis said.

Tyler apparently hit the other man’s truck with several bullets from his 9 mm handgun, but none of the rounds hit the man.