charlie sherrill
Member
Not as big or newsworthy as the one at around 3:00 a.m. this morning, which I won't refer to as it has been closed on this forum, but just as senseless and closer to home. Around 6:00 a.m. this morning my friend Jason was gunned down while gassing up his truck on the way to a deer camp. This happened in the tiny town of State Line,Ms. The clerk at the gas station and another customer were also shot and killed. The clerk had locked herself in a back room. The perp kicked in the door to the room, made her unlock a safe, and then shot her in the face. He then stole her car and abandoned it a few miles away on the Alabama side of Hwy 42. A man hunt is going on in that area. I met Jason about 20 years ago through his father-in-Billy. They had a camp near State Line. We hunted several times a year at that camp. Billy passed away five years ago and I quit hunting there mostly because of distance, age, and the fact that I have a lot of deer in my back yard. I still frequently talk with Jason's son Mason. He's in his early 20's. He's got a gun collection, a lot of it inherited from his grandfather Billy, and he calls me and my son a lot asking gun questions and just keeping in touch. Another friend gone. There are several stories on this at WDAM.com. the local TV station.
