Deputy Shoots Man Who Made 911 Call

A man who stood in his doorway with a shotgun after calling 911 for help was shot in the chest by a sheriff’s deputy responding to the call.

“I started to holler, ‘You shot me! I’m the one who called 911!”’ Dale Morris, 30, said Sunday from his hospital bed. “I was scared of dying.”

Morris called 911 Saturday afternoon and told the dispatcher he needed protection from two men who beat him and ransacked his home.

Deputy Jeff Gibson fired when Morris appeared with the gun.

Morris denied pointing the gun. He said he had it because his brother-in-law and another man attacked him and threaten to kill him.