PALM HARBOR, Fla. — A man remains in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after his brother shot him during some sort of argument overnight, the sheriff's office said.
It happened around midnight Saturday in the area of Avery Avenue and Palm Harbor Boulevard, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Alexander Paulk, a 28-year-old Crystal Beach man, was charged with second-degree attempted murder for the shooting, jail records show.
Deputies say he and his older brother, 36-year-old Ralph Paulk III, got into a fight that ended up with them going outside. At some point, Alexander Paulk reportedly said he had something for his brother and showed a gun.
That's when deputies say he fired a single round toward the lower abdomen of his brother.
Alexander Paulk ran off but came back, only to get stopped by deputies and telling them he didn't know about the shooting, the sheriff's office said.
Ralph Paulk III remains in the hospital with life-threatening injuries, it added.
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