Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 50-year-old Graham-area man Friday after he was shot in the leg by his alleged victim’s defender.
Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said the Graham man choked his 37-year-old girlfriend late Thursday, prompting a 911 call and a manhunt. The man fled from deputies and eluded an overnight search by a police dog.
Early Friday, the woman returned to the home in the 24500 block of 107th Avenue Court East to retrieve some belongings. She brought a friend, 36, for protection. The friend was armed.
The Graham man was waiting, reportedly armed with a can of “bear Mace,” Troyer said. He attacked the woman again. Her friend drew the gun and told the other man to stop. He didn’t.
“The guy put a couple rounds in the ground first and warned” the suspect, Troyer said. “The suspect kept assaulting the female, so he shot him.”
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/06/12/1223553/friend-of-victim-shoots-graham.html.