Military Veteran Shoots Three After Being Mobbed in Fight Over Lost Dog

By John Falkenberg

WINTER HAVEN, FL — A man who was forced to defend himself against a group of six angry attackers earlier this month was defended by local law enforcement this week, The Ledger reports.

The county sheriff backed the shooter, Charles Peddycoart, stating that he really did have reason to fight for his life when mobbed by half a dozen men.

Sadly enough, the entire fight was started because of a lost dog.

As The Ledger reports:

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd defended the actions of a Fort Meade man who shot and killed one man and wounded two others Monday in a dispute over a missing pit bull named Princess. Judd said it’s up to the State Attorney’s Office to decide whether charges are warranted in the shooting, but the evidence so far indicates that Charles Peddycoart, 48, was defending his life and that of his girlfriend when he drew a 9mm handgun on his front porch.

“Charles was defending himself and his girlfriend under the front porch of his house, under imminent threat,” Judd said at a Thursday afternoon news conference at his Winter Haven headquarters.

Also on Thursday, Judd’s office released a recording of the shooting that depicts a live …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation