Reported By www.wilx.com on 2013-11-22
“A man waiting for his six-year-old daughter to be dropped off from school, had no idea he would be the city’s first reported knock-out victim. ‘I saw the van circle twice, and the second time three kids came out. I didn’t suspect anything. I hadn’t any enemies, or any reason to believe they would be looking to do anything to me.’ The victim was attacked by 17-year-old Marvell Weaver. But Weaver did more than try to knock his victim out, he tried to do it with a taser. Luckily for the victim, the taser didn’t work and he was able to protect himself with his concealed-carry .40 caliber pistol. ‘He shoved something into my side. I wasn’t sure what it was. It had some force to it. I wasn’t sure if it was a knife or a gun,’ said the victim. Weaver was shot twice, in the leg and an inch away from his spine. He’s been sentenced to a year in jail for the attack….”