Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

From the Winston-Salem Journal of November 5, 2006
Man shot by homeowner, not deputies

A man wounded during a home break-in on Tuesday was shot by the resident, David Grice, the sheriff of Davidson County, said yesterday.

A news brief in yesterday's paper incorrectly said that the man had been shot by deputies.

Grice said that Zackary Allen Staley, 21, of 149 Clapp Farm Road was shot by the homeowner, Phillip Cross Jr. The shooting remains under review and no charges have been filed against the homeowner, Grice said.

Grice said that deputies were sent to Cross' home Tuesday on a report of a home invasion and that shots had been fired. Grice said that deputies learned that Staley was shot after he kicked in a door into the basement of Cross' home. He was hit in the knee and hand.

Deputies found Staley in the emergency ward at Lexington Memorial Hospital. He was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and later returned to the Lexington hospital, where he was released, Grice said.

Grice said that Staley was charged yesterday with first-degree burglary and attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. He was released on a $20,000 bond.

Two other men were also charged with the same offenses.

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