Re: Fwd: [txcops] Arrest Warrants Issued

[Guest guest]

I heard this on NPR this afternoon. It will be interesting to see how this

shakes out.

Gene G.

>

> FYI Bledsoe, , Gandy:

>

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> > Date: April 3, 2007 4:02:25 PM CDT

> > Police have issued arrest warrants for country singer Joe

> > Shaver after he shot and wounded a man outside a Texas bar, the

> > entertainer' entertainer'<wb

> >

> > After Shaver left a bar in on Saturday night, a drunk,

> > aggressive stranger with a knife followed him into the parking lot,

> > said attorney ph A. of Austin. Shaver shot him in self-

> > defense, he said.

> >

> > Police in -- about 80 miles north of Austin -- issued arrest

> > warrants late Monday on charges of aggravated assault and

> > possessing a firearm in a prohibited place, said.

> >

> > Shaver attempted to surrender to Austin police Monday night but was

> > not arrested because the police did not have a record of the

> > warrants, said , who accompanied Shaver.

> >

> > authorities could not be reached for comment early Tuesday.

> >

> > " We're working with the police to get this resolved, " told

> > The Associated Press. " His priority is dealing with this issue. "

> >

> > The shooting occurred at 8:30 p.m. Saturday outside Papa Joe's

> > Texas Saloon, according to police. The victim was shot in

> > the cheek but was talking and alert afterward, police said. He was

> > hospitalized.

> >

> > declined to elaborate or say whether anything occurred

> > inside the bar between Shaver and the victim. He said Shaver did

> > not know the man.

> >

> > Shaver, who lives in Waco, about 15 miles from , rose to

> > country music stardom in the 1970s. Shaver, who wrote " Georgia on a

> > Fast Train " and " I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a

> > Diamond Someday) " has recorded more than 20 albums.

>

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