Gun battle over chicken recipe
A family meal erupted into a gun battle after a father and son clashed over how to cook chicken.
The two men argued over the best way to prepare skinless chicken for dinner.
“It started out as a physical confrontation, but it escalated until both of them were shooting at each other,” said Detective Sergeant AD Beasley in Bluewell, West Virginia.
Beasley said each man fired a .22 calibre gun at the other.
Harley Shrader was struck by a bullet that went through the upper part of his right ear and lodged in the back of his head.
He was treated at a hospital and released.
The elder Shrader was not injured.
Jackie Lee Shrader, 49, was charged with malicious wounding and wanton endangerment.
Harley Lee Shrader, 24, was charged with wanton endangerment.
