Walton
Henry Butler(pictured),
a 59-year-old White man from Port St. Joe, Fla., has been charged
with the attempted murder of a Black man after shooting him in the
face during an altercation,WJHG-TV
reports.
Butler has also been charged with a hate crime in connection to the
shooting.
The
incident took place on Monday night at the Pine Ridge Apartments in
Port St. Joe. Cops say that Bulter used racial slurs towards children
in the complex and the victim, 32-year-oldEverett
Gant,
knocked on his door to talk to him about it. Butler reportedly opened
the door and shot Gant in the face with a 22. caliber shotgun. After
the shooting, he allegedly closed the door, called 911 and finished
cooking dinner.
According
to WMBB-TV,
Butler made a 911 call claiming the shooting was in self-defense:
“This
man came in and threatened to kill me and I just shot him. I need
ya’ll to come and pick him up…. He’s moving out there, he’s
on my back patio.”
Fortunately,
Gant survived the shooting and is listed in “guarded condition.”
Here
are more details from WJHG-TV:
When
Sheriff Nugent arrived Butler told him he did not understand the
problem and acted as if he was being inconvenienced. “He was
brought to the investigation unit where he was interviewed and
basically admitted to shooting the victim and said he shot a, used a
racial slur, and said that is what he shot and acted like it was not
like a big deal or anything to him,” said Gulf County Sheriff Joe
Nugent.
The
Broward Palm Beach New Times uploaded a
probable-cause affidavit
that describes the phraseology of the racial slur Butler allegedly
used during Sheriff Nugent’s investigation into the shooting. Not
only did Butler seem “inconvenienced” by Nugent, as written in
the affidavit, he “did not understand the problem. He had only shot
a n*gger.”
Oba
1:10- For [thy] violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover
thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Eze
35:6- Therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare
thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not
hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
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