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Shooting at a Houston County home results in prison time for suspect
A man who shot a Houston County resident will serve 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated assault, the Houston County District Attorney's Office announced Friday.
Brian Eugene Clarke, 40, pleaded guilty in Houston County Superior Court. His charge stemmed from a Sept. 24, 2023, incident in which Clarke showed up at the victim's home and tried to confront someone who lived in a shed on the victim's property, the district attorney's office said.
A brief disorder between Clarke and the person he was trying to confront resulted in him being struck in the head, the district attorney's office said. Clarke went to his car and got a gun, but the actual resident of the house tried to get Clarke to leave.
Clarke fired his gun through a privacy fence and shot the resident in the leg, the district attorney's office said.
'When you introduce a gun into a conflict, you take it to a level that changes lives forever,' District Attorney Eric Edwards said in a statement. 'We're grateful the victim survived, and we hope this sentence sends a message that reckless violence will not go unanswered in Houston County.'
