Seems our constitutional hero wasn't supposed to have any guns, but obviously did. When local deputies went to his residence to do a welfare check on him at his father's request, Nathan Pelham got out his guns he wasn't supposed to have and opened fire.
Source: NBC News
A Texas man facing charges in the Jan. 6 riot opened fire last week on sheriff’s deputies who had gone to his home to check on him ahead of his scheduled surrender to the FBI, according to a new criminal complaint.
Nathan Donald Pelham, of Greenville, who initially faced four misdemeanor charges tied to the insurrection, faces an additional felony charge of being a felon in possession of firearm after the incident April 12, a criminal complaint filed this week shows.
An FBI special agent wrote in a filing that he had called Pelham on April 12 and asked him to surrender in a few days. That evening, according to the agent, local authorities went to Pelham’s home after his father requested a welfare check.
When the deputies arrived, Pelham fired several shots toward them, prosecutors said.
And how close were the shots?
One of the law enforcement officers said one gunshot “came in so close proximity to myself that I could hear the distinct whistling sound as the bullet traveled by me and then strike a metal object to my right side,” according to a court filing.
So add an attempted murder charge to Pelham's list of charges.
