Man shoots woman with BB gun after she accidentally removed his pro-Trump yard sign
(WSOC/CNN/Meredith) – A North Carolina man is facing charges for shooting a woman in the arm with a BB gun after she removed his President Donald Trump campaign sign from his yard.
Peggy Fox was visiting her brother’s home in Lincolnton. When she arrived, she saw a Trump sign in what she thought was her brother’s yard. She assumed it was a prank, since her brother doesn’t express his political views, she said. Thinking it was a prank, she pulled the sign from the yard.
That’s when Fox was shot with a BB gun, with the pellet lodged in her arm close to the bone.
“It was very frightening, extremely frightening,” Fox said. “Excruciating pain.”
Worth McAllister, 76, admitted to WSOC that he shot Fox with a BB gun, which he said he also uses on stray cats in his yard.Discover a total, connected care experience.Discover a total, connected approach to your health. Aetna Medicare makes healthier easier so you can live your best life.Ad By Aetna See More
McAllister claims he first yelled at Fox to stop taking his yard sign before he fired the gun. Fox said, however, that McAllister gave no such warning.
Fox said she would have put the sign back if McAllister had told her it was his. Fox insists she has no objection to the sign itself, she just knew it couldn’t be her brother’s and thought it was on his property.
After the shooting, McAllister told Fox he believed it was his right to shoot her with the BB gun and encouraged her to call police. She did call police, and McAllister was charged with misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury.
“He actually believed that he could shoot me if I was on his property, and to me that’s terrifying,” Fox said. “I think it speaks to the political divisions, and it’s really sad.”
McAllister is due in court Nov. 5.
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