By Police1 Staff
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — An armed suspect who tried to break into an apartment was beaten and held down by the men he tried to rob.
Shane Feeney, 19, was hanging out with friends Sunday when he heard Calvin Carter III outside the complex, WRCB reported.
“It sounded like he was messing with a gun,” Feeney said. “So I came back and I was like ‘I don’t know if he is, but it sounds like he’s messing with a gun. I’m going to call the cops.’”
When a friend jumped out the window to get help, he was held at gunpoint by Carter. Feeney, who was on the phone with the police, took matters into his own hands when Carter asked for his phone.
“Whenever he turned around, that’s when I grabbed him,” Feeney said. “His forearms were still loose so he grabbed the gun out of his waist band and shot me in the leg.”
Five people held Carter down until police arrived. Tucker Williams, one of the people who held Carter down, told WRCB that Carter kept wrestling with him.
“I was like ‘you have one more chance please stop.’ He wouldn’t stop and that’s when I punched him in the eye twice,” he said.
Carter is facing several charges including first degree attempted murder and aggravated burglary.
Feeney was shot in the upper thigh and is recovering at home.