Fwd: [txcops] Arrest Warrants Issued

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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's attorney said.

>

> 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.