(SC) Homeowner shoots agressor in self-defense 07-01-04
Date: Jul 1, 2004 4:47 PM
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7/1/04
Clarendon homeowner shoots man in self-defense
By Kent Compton

A Manning youth was shot Friday when he and his companions refused to
leave the premises of Willie McCray of Turbeville.

Jacob A. Cantey, age unknown, was shot once in the chest with a .22
caliber handgun.

According to Chief Deputy Joe Bradham, Cantey, along with Patrick A.
Fordham, 18, of Manning and Jarrod J. Fordham, 20, of Pinewood, went to
the McCray home to see McCray?s daughter.

? Patrick Fordham and McCray?s daughter have a baby together,? Bradham
said. ?Mr.
McCray approached the three men in his front yard and Fordham said he
wanted to see
McCray?s daughter. McCray told Fordham that his daughter didn?t want to
see him and told the three men to leave his property. McCray told
investigators that he had already told Fordham not to come back on his
property two times before Friday?s incident. Fordham said he was not
leaving until he saw McCray?s daughter.?

Bradham said McCray went into the house and told his wife to call 9-1-1.
While in the house McCray went and got the handgun and got on the phone
with dispatch telling them they had better hurry. McCray told dispatch
the three men said they weren?t going to leave and that they had
threatened him. McCray told the three that the sheriff?s department had
been called.

? The three men told Mr. McCray, ?let them come,?? Bradham said. ?After
that was said,
Fordham jump up on the hood of the car and
Cantey came around the back of the car in a fighting position. At this
point Mr. McCray thought he was going to be attacked by all three men
and fired a single shot striking Cantey in the chest. It?s a clear case
of self-defense. The three men are on Mr. McCray?s land saying let the
police come and they are threatening him. When they advance on Mr.
McCray, he shoots. Mr. McCray didn?t come around the corner pointing a
gun but he didn?t hide the gun either and he didn?t shoot until he
thought he was being threatened.?

Bradham said all three men continued to make threats but left the
property after the shooting.
On the way to Manning, they wrecked their car in a ditch. When a deputy
arrived at the accident scene, he discovered that one of the passengers,
Cantey, had been shot. Cantey, along with the other two men, stated to
deputies that Cantey was shot not once but twice at a store near
Turbeville but couldn?t remember the name of the store.

Bradham said McCray told the investigator he did fire a single shot but
was not sure if he had hit anyone.

Cantey was transported to Clarendon Memorial Hospital, held overnight
for observation and subsequently released.

Bradham said the investigation is still on going and no charges have
been filed.

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