A Wreck (F)

--So, sir, you saw the accident?

--Yessir, I sure did.

--Okay, tell me what you saw.

--I was sitting there waiting for the light to change my way. I’m taking my dog in for his shots.

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--And?

--Those two trucks were making their left turns and just run smack into each other.

--Just those two, right?

--Yep. Then the big truck guy got out and pointed his pistol at the little truck.

--You mean the Ford, the blue Ford, that driver got out with a handgun?

--Yep. Then the little truck guy, he got out too and had himself some little snub nose, maybe like a .38.

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--Okay, the driver of the Frontier got out and had a gun? Who fired first, if you could tell.

--Oh, the Ford driver, he fired first—pop pop pop. Th’other driver who was on my side of his truck, he ducked, then he fired back. Once, maybe two times.

--Okay.

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--Then before he could get down is when he got shot in the shoulder. He dropped down to his knees.

--Is this when you got your gun and stepped out?

--Just after, when I seen the Ford man start to ease around the crash I got out and got my shotgun. He didn’t see me, but was coming around on the man on the ground. I stepped his way about 10 steps or so and hollered to him not to shoot anymore.

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--Then what?

--He looked over at me pointing in his direction and I reckon he didn’t want to take a chance on me.

--Did he say anything to you?

--The Ford man? Nah, he didn’t say nothing. Just pulled up and waited there. Highway patrol man got here pretty quick.

--Mr. Lawson, you’re lucky he didn’t start shooting at you.

--Well maybe, but just didn’t seem right to shoot a man down on his knees like that.

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