New Year's Day
The 25 year old Harriott tossed the 24 year old Sessoms out on his ear after Brian Sessoms hit his 16 year old girlfriend. He warned him that he would shoot him if he came back inside. Harriott's 21 year old fiance' called 911, describing Sessoms as intoxicated, in a violent rage and beating his girlfriend. She begged the dispatcher to expedite the police response.
Sessoms re-entered the home by climbing onto an air conditioning unit, and crawling through a second story window window. Harriott shot him in the abdomen as he came down the stairs. Harriott began to treat Sessom's injury, and his fiance' dialed 911 again. While waiting for officers EMS to arrive, Sessoms decided to fight. Harriott shot him two more times. "I shot Sessoms because he was trying to get to the girls," Harriott told deputies at the scene.
911 tapes reveal Harriott attempted to save Sessoms' life by applying direct pressure to an abdominal gunshot wound immediately after the shooting. Harriott can be heard in the background of the audio tape telling Sessoms not to fight him. Police recovered a .380 caliber handgun at the scene.
Prosecutor Scarlett Wilson states she will not to charge Harriott for the shooting. She refers to state law for self defense stating if the first shot is justified, a person can keep shooting until a threat is eliminated.
Still even though criminal charges will not be pressed, civil litigation is probably on the horizon. One must consider that Sessoms also lived at the domicile where the shooting took place. Real injuries occurred,
A comment from Buffy: "I live in the town where the shooting occurred. The news media have no interest in accuracy. The shooter(Harriott)was 25 and was with his 21 year old fiance' who is the one who made all the 911 calls. The man who was shot (Sessoms) was 24 with a 16 year old girlfriend. His girlfriend had another 16 year old friend with her."
When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.
Audio file of the 911 call.
Labels: Self Defense, Shootings
13 Comments:
omg - that is just bizarre, all-around!
You did forget to tag it "idiots with guns" with that picture of him. If that really is him anyway.
24 year old male and a 16 year old girlfriend, where's Hanson from To Catch a Predator.
"not much can be said for the mature decision making skills of a 25 year old man who has a 16 year old girlfriend."
...and posed for a picture holding a gun to his own head with his finger on the freaking trigger!
So...the 25-year-old shooter had a 16-year-old girlfriend?
That's marginally appropriate, if at all.
I checked SC law Cranky.......14years old is legal there. Thus, I can't say much about it except that it indicates a maturity level.
Somehow Me's thinks the pic of him brandishing a firearm in such a gangster manner, isn't going to bode to well for him when the civil trial comes around.
I live in the town where the shooting occurred. The news media have no interest in accuracy. The shooter(Harriott)was 25 and was with his 21 year old fiance' who is the one who made all the 911 calls. The man who was shot (Sessoms) was 24 with a 16 year old girlfriend. His girlfriend had another 16 year old friend with her.
Thanks Buffy. I'm placing your clarification into the post itself......
What about picture? Is it a stock photo or the real picture of the guy? Guy on the picture looks a little to young to be 25, but it can be just healthy diet :)
Herrmannek
The guy in the picture is neither Sessoms nor Harriott. I pulled the photo out of my IWG file while looking for one I thought might be appropriate.
"The guy in the picture is neither Sessoms nor Harriott."
You should omit the photo or clarify on the page that it isn't a person related to the story, as it absolutely gives the impression that it is a photo of Joseph Harriott.
The blog has been updated with a photo of Sessoms' father holding a picture of his dead son.
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