Police investigate family shooting over VCR
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Updated: 9:37 PM May 22, 2009
Police investigate family shooting over VCR
One person was sent to the hospital, another behind bars after a shooting in Jackson County, reportedly over a VCR.
Posted: 12:19 PM May 22, 2009
Reporter: Tamara Evans
Email Address: tamara.evans@wkyt.com
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One person was sent to the hospital, another behind bars after a shooting in Jackson County, reportedly over a VCR.

25-year-old Wes Wagers says a shooting that happened in front of his home shouldn't have happened.

"It's a misunderstanding," says Wagers.

The shooting happened just after nine Friday morning on People's Road in the community of Kerby Knob, just southwest of McKee.

Wagers mom tells 27 NEWSFIRST the incident happened because of a VCR.

"My VHS player wouldn't work anymore," says Wagers.

Wagers says he went next door to his aunts house to borrow hers.

"I asked my aunt to trade VCR's with me because she only uses hers for the DVD player," says Wagers.

His aunt says he then got angry and fired a .22 Magnum in her home before leaving. Wes says that didn't happen.

"It's a lie," Wagers says.

He does admit after he left his aunt's home, his uncle who also lives next to him, 45-year-old Abraham Wagers, stopped him and stepped in.

"He threw a punch at me in face," says Wagers.

That's when Wager's allegedly fired his gun, shooting his uncle in the backside.

"I had a gun holding it down and wasn't holding it on him. I had been out target shooting and left the gun out and it must have hit gravel, or gravel hit him, or a bullet ricocheted off of it or something like that," says Wagers.

Wes Wagers was later arrested.

"The guy jumped out with a pistol and I threw my gun in the yard and said 'I surrender. Don't shoot! Don't shoot!'," says Wagers.

Abraham Wagers was taken to a London hospital. His family says he is doing fine.

Wes Wagers is charged with first degree assault, robbery, and wanton endangerment.


Latest Comments

Posted by: William Location: seky on May 28, 2009 at 08:53 PM

Hal Rogers needs to ask for funds to put a VCR repair shop in London on hal Rogers Park way, It should not take to much money to maybe even a school to train people how to fix old things like record players and cassett players and yes even VCR;s itsnot good when TecK Knowledgy moves so far ahead that the unlearned cant Keep up I have felt the pains of this my self it can be mentally hurtful and make you hert inside Of ImBearUsMant Hal has Ignored His people and there old cars and VCR's All he thinks about is Drugs Drugs Drugs One would think that Harold would think of work for the people, Open up new flee Markets for them, where the people could buy new used VCR;s the VCR watchers of the region is depending On Harold Rogers take it to Capital Hill make it a bill if you will cause some still get Ill In these Hills? Its not there Wills to be so Ill so remember Harrold next time you visit Capital Hill....peace out!
Posted by: Dave Location: Richmond on May 28, 2009 at 05:27 PM

Wes is more intelligent then most of the idiots posting on this site! You know he reads and writes Latin, and is an authority on the Greek Orthodox Church? You people are the inbred rednecks, close minded fools who assume that anyone that lives 40 minutes from a Wall-Mart must be stupid.
Posted by: SRG Location: foothills on May 26, 2009 at 06:01 PM

To DG in Lancaster, at least Jackson Co. has a grocery store. and to Tito Ortiz in West Liberty it was Diane Sawyer not Barbara Walters that had the special Children of the Mountains. and Thanks to Lanny you got it right I'd much rather be listening to the birds and watching the deer play..

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