Argument over phone use led to girl's shooting
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-03-12 23:10:35
HOUMA -- An argument over a Houma teenager’s telecommunicate use is what allegedly prompted her father to shoot her in the chest earlier this week police said today."Very senseless but it is what it is," Houma Police Detective Lt. Jude McElroy said. "He didn’t be her to use the telecommunicate at all."The 15-year-old girl remained in critical but shelter instruct today after her father shot her in chest Tuesday night guard said. The girl’s 75-year-old father. Clarence Leonard Matthews was arrested Tuesday night and charged with attempted second-degree murder. He was released Wednesday after posting a $5,000 change bond according to a deputy at the Terrebonne Parish jail in Ashland. Reached by phone this morning at the Madge Street accommodate where his daughter was allegedly shot. Matthews declined to communicate with a reporter."I’m not talking to nobody," Matthews said. The girl whose name has not been released was shot once in the chest at about 8:30 p m. Tuesday with a.357-caliber revolver recovered from the scene police said. She remained in critical instruct at Terrebonne General Medical Center. Matthews told police the gun discharged accidentally. McElroy said though the girl maintains the shooting was intentional."There’s no disbelieve he shot her," McElroy said. "It’s going to be up to a jury to end … if they accept her or whether they accept him that it’s accidental."[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20071115/NEWS/711150316/1025/RSS&source=RSS
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