MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Anger over a Memphis teenager”s sagging pants ended with gunfire, a bullet to the buttocks and an aggravated assault charge.
Police Sgt. Ron Perry says 45-year-old Kenneth E. Bonds saw two male teens walking along a street and yelled at them to pull up their pants.
Perry says they refused, the three began arguing and Bonds brandished a pistol.
The first shot missed. The teens fled, more rounds were fired and a 17-year-old was struck in the buttocks. He went to a hospital in non-critical condition.
The Commercial Appeal first reported the Sept. 25 shooting. A man who answered a telephone listed for Bonds said it was a wrong number.
The Associated Press isn”t identifying the teens because they”re juveniles.
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