Man shot while breaking into home minutes after traffic stop

By Jennifer Cruz

Herbert Palmer Jr., 24, is no stranger to authorities in the Charleston area. (Photo: Al Cannon Detention Center)
A South Carolina man remains hospitalized after he was shot while trying to break into a woman’s home in Charleston on Sunday night mere minutes after he was issued a traffic citation.
Herbert Palmer Jr., 24, was stopped a little before 9 p.m. after a Charleston County sheriff’s deputy observed him driving at a high rate of speed and nearly hitting another vehicle, The Post and Courier reported.
Authorities say Palmer was uncooperative during the stop. Although he turned over his driver’s license, he refused to show the deputy his registration and proof of insurance. He was described as acting odd and argumentative, prompting the deputy to call for backup.
However, two passengers in the Infiniti SUV driven by Palmer were cooperative with authorities, which only seemed to further infuriate Palmer. At one point, one of the passengers even told the deputy that there was a gun in the car, but it turned out to be a BB gun, and no other weapons were recovered.
Palmer was issued a citation for careless driving, but by that time, Palmer’s mother, who owned the SUV he was driving, showed

Source: Guns.com