SHELBY — A weekend shooting that left two people injured has resulted in an arrest and an attempt to deem the house where the shooting took place as a public nuisance, according to the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office.
The agency plans to attempt to seize the house on Ellis Road.
Sheriff Alan Norman said Stetson Tyler Proctor, 27, of 615 Carlos St., was arrested about 10 p.m. Sunday.
Proctor was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, possession of a firearm by a felon and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.
He is being held at the Cleveland County Detention Center with a $75,000 bond.
Norman said more charges are possible as the investigation continues.
Norman encouraged anyone with information about the incident to call the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office at 704-484-4788.
How are the victims?
He said it appears an argument between Proctor and Willie Early escalated Saturday night and was “taken to the next level, which was a firearm being used as a result of an argument between two individuals.”
“We do know the shooting did occur outside,” he said. “The individual is still hospitalized at a local hospital. The female victim, as of the last update we had, was not hospitalized.”
He said it appears she was grazed by a bullet.
It was previously reported that Early, 32, had been shot several times, and Linda Cannon, 55, had been shot in the back.
‘Numerous arrests from the location’
Monday morning, 2309 Ellis Road was quiet.
Several cars were parked in the paved drive, but no one answered knocks at the door.
A welcome mat sat outside the front of the house, and the sound of wind chimes rang out from the porch.
“This residence has been a menace to the neighborhood for quite some time,” Norman said. “We’ve made numerous arrests from the location.”
Over the past 15 years, Norman said there have been 64 calls for service, many of them involving deputies attempting to serve warrants.
About two years ago, multiple people were arrested for alcohol violations.
‘Attempt to take the property’
“The next move on the sheriff’s office part is an attempt to take the property through abatement,” Norman said.
The house would have to be declared a public nuisance by a superior court judge and a hearing would have to be held.
Norman said if a judge ruled in favor of the sheriff’s office, the property would be turned over to the county.
“It would be up to the county to actually retain the property and put it up for sale,” he said. “The citizens of Ellis Road community deserve better than this conduct.”
Norman said he knows of one other instance, about 10 years ago, where the abatement process was started against a now defunct nightclub.
“We started the process by making a visit and letters being drafted and (the owner) finally came in compliance with the law,” Norman said.
Reach reporter Rebecca Clark at 704-669-3344 or rclark@shelbystar.com.