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http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008807090362Jackson police have arrested a man suspected of shooting another man in the back with a shotgun because he refused to give him a cigarette.
Anthony Bailey, 36, was charged in the shooting. Police had not confirmed the identity of the victim Tuesday night.
The shooting occurred about 2 p.m. at King Bros. Trading Post at 2643 Medgar Evers Blvd.
Jimmie King, owner of the shop that specializes in repairing and selling used tires, said a friend of his, whom King knows only as "Buck," was helping out at the shop on Tuesday when the friend was approached by a man walking up the street.
"He walked up and asked him can he have a cigarette," King said. "Apparently they had some words about that cigarette.
"Buck told him to go get a job or something, and the other guy got mad."
King said the man, who he had seen walking the street, left angrily. His friend told King that the man said he planned to come back with a gun.
A few minutes later, King said, he saw the man walking back toward the shop with a red shirt partially concealing a shotgun.
"I tried to walk over to stop him, but he told me to get out of his way," King said. "Now, I'm pretty well known around here. Usually I can reason with people, but there was no reasoning with this guy."
King said he watched the man shoot his friend in the back then attempt to shoot him again, but the gun would not fire a second time.
The wounded man was taken to the University of Mississippi Medical Center and was in stable condition, police spokesman Sgt. Jeffery Scott said.
After the man shot his friend, King said, the shooter walked back up Medgar Evers Boulevard.
Scott said the man was arrested along with "evidence linking him to the shooting" minutes later at Brown Street and Clover Hill Road.
"You got to be real sensitive with people. If (someone) asks you for a cigarette, give them a cigarette," King said. "He could have asked me for one, and I would have given him a whole pack to prevent something like this."