JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee (AP) -- A bullet fired in the air during a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony came down and struck a participant in the head, critically injuring him, authorities said.
Gregory Allen Freeman, 45, was charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in the Saturday night incident that wounded Jeffery S. Murr, 24.
About 10 people, including two children, had gathered for the ceremony. The man who was being initiated was blindfolded, tied with a noose to a tree and shot with paintball guns as Freeman fired a pistol in the air to provide the sound of real gunfire, Sheriff Fred Phillips said.
A bullet struck Murr on the top of the head and exited at the bottom of his skull, authorities said.
Freeman fled the ceremony but was arrested near his home, authorities said. He was released on $7,500 bail.
― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 24 November 2003 22:29 (twenty-two years ago)
Yessssssss. when the robots come to sterilize this puny planet of all organic life these people will be first.
― sucka (sucka), Monday, 24 November 2003 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)
he looks more like a robo-Richard Kiel, but what do I know? I'm just a stupid white man
― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 24 November 2003 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)
JOHNSON CITY?! Dude I used to drive there from Knoxville every other week! I always suspected JC was kind of podunk. I mean it's no Bristol. It's certainly no Kingsport.
― Tri-Cities Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 01:00 (twenty-two years ago)
Ruk! I recognize the episode & the character from star trek. Looks like a mechanized Lurch. lol
― Alina, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 06:57 (twenty-two years ago)