"I went around the corner and said, 'OK, that’s what you get.
Hurley was rushed in an ambulance to a nearby hospital before being transported to a Valley emergency room. On the bloody gravel were evidence markers, paramedics' gloves, and syringes. "He ran, and went over there, and laid there crying and screaming," recounted Birmingham Sr., motioning to a dirt area by the rural road, outside an adjacent mobile home park.
Hurley, however, was injured and bleeding in the nearby gravel. By that time, my son re-cocked the gun and just blasted the guy right in the chest, then again in the as he was limping away, still firing."įortunately, the father and son were unscathed. "So turns towards my son and fires off two shots. I said, 'Son, he has got a gun! He has got a gun!' And he's pulling it out. "He lifts his shirt and says,'Oh yeah?' and shows me his pistol. We are going to finish this right now,'" said Birmingham. said he was over at his son's house Saturday when Hurley was once again spotted outside the home.
He told ABC15 they believe Hurley's mother lived across the street, which is why he was in the area.īirmingham Sr. said he and his son had no prior affiliation with Hurley until the Friday encounter. And said, 'hey, what are you doing?'"īirmingham Sr. "And he snuck up on my son, but my son caught him out of the corner of his eye. "My dad spotted Hurley coming through the yard with a shiv," said Birmingham Sr. He said his son was nearly carjacked by Hurley the day before the shooting. I could just see it," said Birmingham Sr. "He's one step above crazy, you know what I mean. Hurley, a convicted child sex predator, will soon be facing a litany of other charges after investigators say he attacked and killed Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputy Juan "Johnny" Ruiz, then fired shots at both Birmingham Jr. Hurley is currently in the hospital after being shot by Charles Birmingham Jr. "I said, 'shoot him! This guy is going to kill us if we don't,'" said Charles Birmingham Sr., who lives in Tonopah.
TONOPAH, AZ - The family responsible for shooting the accused deputy-killer, Clinton Hurley, is sharing their story about the tense confrontation with the suspect.
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