Man shoots daughter's boyfriend in groin

Louis Cooper • lcooper@pnj.com • February 17, 2010

A 29-year-old man was treated and released from a hospital after his girlfriend's father shot him in the groin.

Randall Carter, 29, suffered birdshot wounds in the scrotum and inner thigh when he was shot by William Russell Kelly Jr., 48, at Kelly's home in the 9200 block of Ridge Drive in Navarre, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office report. The shooting occurred shortly before 1 a.m. Monday.

Kelly's daughter, 18-year-old Amanda Kelly, is Carter's girlfriend.

William Kelly was charged with aggravated battery with intent to cause bodily harm or disability. He was taken to Santa Rosa County Jail and released on $20,000 bond later Monday.

Deputies were responding to a noise complaint at Lost Bottoms Lane in Navarre at 12:51 a.m. Monday when they heard what sounded like a "large-caliber gunshot," the report said.

Carter and Amanda Kelly were running toward the deputy, screaming for help. Carter said he had been shot. Deputies saw him bleeding from the groin area.

When asked why Carter had been shot, Amanda Kelly said, "Because he hates him, dude! That's it."

When confronted by deputies, William Kelly admitted shooting Carter to protect his daughter.

"I shot him in the (groin) with birdshot because he was beating my daughter," Kelly told deputies.

Kelly had a silver-colored .45-caliber revolver, but only one of the five shots had been fired. The empty casing inside the chamber contained birdshot, the report said.
The next three chambers had birdshot. The final chamber was loaded with a lead slug.

The investigation is ongoing.

From: http://www.pnj.com/article/20100217/NEWS01/2170326