One airlifted to hospital after shooting incident in Winfield, TN
[Scott County Sheriff’s Office] said that [Samantha] Hall reportedly entered a woman’s property in the Pine Hill area of Winford, assaulted a woman, then tried to force her way into the woman’s home.
The homeowner was armed, and she fired. Hall was injured, and had to taken to a trauma center in Knoxville.
Winfield, Tennessee, is about 45 miles northwest of Knoxville. The drive will be longer. It is on the state line with Kentucky.
Hall was treated, and then taken into custody. She will face charges that include aggravated assault, and aggravated burglary.
Self-defense is a human right, and Tennessee has not morphed into Massachusetts.
I grew up in Scott County in the town of Oneida, about 10 miles from Winfield. Went to school with a lot of Winfield students. We were (and are) a scrappy lot, don't suffer fools gladly, and are generally armed to the teeth.
ReplyDeleteI don't live there anymore but visit there occasionally...it hasn't changed much.