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William Mark Williams (Charlotte County Jail).
A Florida homeowner started shooting astatine 2 salesmen due to the fact that they dared to sound connected his doorway successful an effort to merchantability star panels, cops say.
It happened astir 5 p.m. Monday astatine a location successful the 13000 artifact of Boabadilla Lane successful Port Charlotte. According to a probable origin apprehension affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, deputies from the Charlotte County responded to a study of a shooting. The caller said 2 frantic men came knocking connected her doorway saying her neighbour had changeable astatine them.
She directed them to her backyard and they hid down her shed arsenic she called 911. The pistillate aboriginal told deputies she heard six to 8 shots followed by 4 oregon 5 more. A fewer seconds aboriginal the men, who appeared to beryllium successful “great fear” started pounding connected her doorway asking for help.
Detectives interviewed the men ages 20 and 25 who told them they were selling star panels successful the neighborhood. They knocked connected 1 doorway and an older pistillate answered and “did not look to beryllium blessed and told them to leave,” the affidavit said. The men walked distant and were immoderate 50 to 100 feet from the location erstwhile they heard astir 5 oregon six shots, detectives wrote. They saw a antheral yelling and pointing a weapon successful their direction, per cops. No 1 was struck by the gunfire.
Cops went to the location successful question wherever they arrested 72-year-old William Mark Williams. He stands accused of aggravated assault with a deadly limb and discharging a firearm successful public. Both victims identified Williams arsenic the suspect. Cops took him to the Charlotte County Jail wherever helium has since bonded out. He has a tribunal day scheduled for June 30. The tribunal appointed him an lawyer due to the fact that helium was labeled indigent, per records.
A picture of Williams’ home connected Google Maps taken May 2024 shows a gait motion speechmaking “F— Joe Biden” and an upside down American flag — which has go known arsenic a awesome of right-wing protest — posted adjacent the entry.
“Once again we are called retired to a vicinity successful which a firearm was discharged recklessly,” Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell said successful a statement. “Thankfully, cipher was wounded by this individual’s actions, though I americium definite the victims volition not hide the fearfulness they felt immoderate clip soon. This man’s effect to solicitors was perfectly uncalled for and could person been deadly. I commune that radical tin larn to modulate their emotions alternatively of jumping to unit truthful quickly.”
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