MINCIE, Ind. — City police have said that a Facebook related feud between two cousins has resulted in one of the men being shot on Monday.
Quincy Deshawn Stringer Sr, aged 30, of the 1100 block of South Franklin Street, was arrested at round 5:30 p.m. on preliminary charges of intimidation and pointing a loading firearm.
Authorities have alleged that Stringer had threatened his cousin with a 9-mm handgun, although another resident of the 2500 block is accused of firing the gun, shooting Ellis in the left ankle.
She surrendered to police early Tuesday, and is preliminary charged with battery with a deadly weapon.
According to police reports, Stringer and Ellis had been “feuding … over Facebook postings.” Ellis — who was treated for his gunshot wound at Indiana University HealthBall Memorial Hospital — said Stringer on Tuesday had been “following him around town,” prompting Ellis to eventually pull over near Waid and Macedonia avenues, reports USA Today.
The cousins engaged angry words, and Ellis said he told Stringer they needed to “fight and settle their disagreement like men,” a police report said.
Stringer and Wills, meanwhile, maintained Stringer had never handled the weapon.
Stringer was being held in the Delaware County jail under a $10,000 bond, while Wills’ bond was set at $5,000.
