A Louisville man was arrested Thursday afternoon after police say he attempted to shoot at two individuals who had robbed him, but instead nearly struck another person and a child in a nearby home.
Thomas Talley, 73, is charged with wanton endangerment (first degree), which is a Class C felony, according to court documents.
At 3 p.m., Louisville Metro Police officers responded to Talley’s home in the Newburg neighborhood on a report of a robbery with shots fired, according to his arrest citation.
Officers met Talley at the front of his home, where he told police that an unknown man and woman had pushed him off his scooter and robbed him of $500 in cash.
According to police, Talley then told them that after he was robbed, he went inside his house and retrieved his pistol. He then came back outside and proceeded to fire 6-7 rounds in the direction of robbery suspects’ vehicle as it was fleeing the area.
Per arrest records, multiple rounds struck the glass front of a nearby home. A woman and a child she was babysitting were inside the home at the time of the incident.
She told police that she felt a bullet come by her legs, and that another bullet had struck an iPad that the child was actively playing with, according to court documents.
Talley is currently being held at Louisville Metro Department of Corrections. He was expected to be in court for his arraignment on November 6.
Source: WHAS11
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