"When you shoot your neighbor in the chest with a gun or weapon, you should be in jail still," the unidentified witness said. Neighbors of the suspect are on alert, reportedly worried that he will come back. He was released after posting $500,000 bond Thursday. Leach is facing an attempted murder charged. 45 handgun and was shot in the chest and the bullet went through his chest and out his shoulder," Whitmore said.
Officials said the victim was truly lucky to be alive. I just put my hands on him to stop the bleeding." I had no rags or anything else to do it with.
I put pressure on the wounds to stop the bleeding.
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"I saw a black truck leaving where I heard the shots from so I took down the license plate number and then I heard the victim yell 'Hey, I'm shot'," he said. The unidentified Good Samaritan said he didn't ask questions, just ran to give aid when he heard the victim cry out. Sheriff's investigators have not released any information on what triggered the shooting. The long-running PBS show about a purple dinosaur is beloved by children across the world.
9.He also got the license plate number of a fleeing vehicle which led to the arrest of 27-year-old Patrick Kearns Leach.Īccording to Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore, the suspect is the victim's neighbor and the son of "Barney and Friends" co-creator, Sheryl Leach. The unidentified witness found the man bleeding on a driveway in the 27000 block of West Winding Way on Jan. One witness, who did not want to be identified, said he helped save the life of a seriously wounded 49-year-old man.