Friday, October 08, 2010
South Charleston Man Accused Of Shooting At Worker
WEST VIRGINIA....
Richard Paul Painter, 58, of South Charleston, has been charged with wanton endangerment after allegedly shooting at an employee of the West Virginia American Water Company. Deputies say, about 10:00 A.M. Thursday the worker called to report being shot at by a property owner on Brooke Road in South Charleston. Lt. Sean Crosier of the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department says the worker was reading water meters when he got into an argument with Painter. Both men walked away from the argument, and Painter allegedly fired a shotgun at the employee's truck as he drove by Painter's house. When police arrived at Painter's, he answered the door holding a single-shot 12-gauge shotgun which had a live shell in the chamber.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:52 AM 
