20-year-old Arrested For Shooting at Pike Co. Homes
A 20-year-old is behind bars after allegedly firing shots at Pike County homes on Christmas Eve.Â
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Pike County Sheriff Russell Thomas says John Sanders was arrested after firing nearly a dozen times at two homes in the Stills Crossroads area.Â
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The sheriff says it happened just before 7 in the morning Christmas Eve, when two families in their homes were woken up by gunfire.
One bullet passed through a window narrowly missing someone asleep in bed. Investigators say they later linked Sanders to the crime. And they say he confessed.Â
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Sgt. Henry Wentland, Pike Co. Sheriff’s Office said, “a bullet shooting into your house, you can’t call that bullet back. Laying in your bed and someone shoots a hole through your window, that’s dangerous when your families at home and your children are at home. Christmas holiday- it could have been a lot worse.”
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Sanders was out on bond from an assault charge in Bullock County, involving someone in one of the homes shot at. Â He’s being held in Pike County jail on $50,000 bond.Â
