Sunday, May 22, 2011
WHITAKERS, N.C. (WTVD) -- A woman in Nash County is dead, and two others are recovering from gunshot wounds, after police say a man shot them all, before turning the gun on himself.
It all happened Saturday morning around 7:30 a.m. in the town of Whitakers.
One of the victims, Sheldon Whittaker, spoke with Eyewitness News.
"I didn't seem him with the weapon," Whittaker said of the shooting suspect, James Radford, 63. "I heard the shot."
Whittaker says Radford's wife, Terri, was staying with a friend just down the road. He says the two had separated, and she had taken out a restraining order against him. This morning, he says Radford approached him, and after being told he was trespassing, went back to his car, grabbed a shotgun, and fired one shot into Whitaker's car.
"If you look at the trajectory of the bullet, he was aiming at my head," Whittaker said.
Police say Radford then proceeded to the home of Martha Worrell, where he found his estranged wife. He allegedly shot at both women, hitting Worrell in the arm, and hitting his wife Terri in the stomach.
That's when investigators say he turned the gun on himself.
His wife died, he did not. Instead, Radford was flown to Pitt Memorial Hospital in critical condition. Family and friends are beside themselves.
"Nobody should have to go through this," said Brenda Hamm. "There's no sense in this violence. Life is too short."
2 comments:
The other woman he shot is my mother in-law.... they had tried for atleast 6 days to get this man arrested for stalking and harassment. The police didnt do their job.... plain and simple... My mother in-law lost her best friend... a mother lost her daughter, a son lost him mother...
She was such a sweet lady. She was kind and sweet and all's she ever did was love that man... Terry I love you and you will be missed dearly...
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