Bail bondsmen turn themselves in following shooting | News

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) - A man living outside of Tabor City says back on April 16th, he came close to being gunned down.

According to Michael Thompson, two men in a white Dodge Charger fired several shots at him while he was on his private property.

Thompson says the men kept mistakenly calling him Kingston Green, and were preparing to force him on the ground. When Thompson showed the men his ID, and they realized he was not the man they were searching for, they left.

Following the incident, Thompson called the sheriff's office and reported the men.

According to a sheriff's office incident report, the county's communications center located a call where a man name Chris Cherry, a bail bondsman from South Carolina said he would be going to the property looking for Kingston Green.

Thompson still has shell casings he says are from the incident, adding that three years ago, Kingston Green lived on the property where he's currently living.

Thompson plans to hire an attorney and press charges against whoever fired the shots.

According to deputies, Monday Christopher Cherry 34 and San Baldwin 43 of West Columbia, SC turned themselves at the Columbus County sheriff's office.  

The men are facing misdemeanor charges of assault with a deadly weapon.

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