79-year-old Pell City man opens fire on repo men, shoots tow truck, sheriff says
An elderly man is under arrest, accused of shooting at two repo men overnight in St. Clair County.
Allen Lane Thomas, 79, is charged with two counts of attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call Chula Vista Drive in Pell City about midnight Wednesday.
Sheriff Billy Murray said two men with repossession orders went to a residence there and took possession of a vehicle.
As they were leaving with the vehicle, Murray said, Thomas exited the home and opened fire on them. The bullets struck the occupied tow truck, but no injuries were reported.
Thomas was taken into custody at the scene. He is being held in the St. Clair County Jail on bonds total $180,000.
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