Indicted: Billy Joe Shaver Shoots Self In the Foot
Well, It turns out you actually can’t shoot someone in the face EVEN outside of a bar in Texas. And it will probably come back to haunt you. In the form of a second and third-degree felony, that is.
Billy Joe Shaver has found this out the hard way. So, it seems that after an incident last April in which Shaver went outside of the Papa Joe’s Texas Saloon-followed by a fellow patron (supposedly, with a knife and a hidden agenda) to finish the “conversation” they were having inside. It was then that words were exchanged and Shaver asked, “Where do you want it?” At which time he shot the man in the face. No one tells Shaver to shut-up!
Hmmm…who’s sorry now? Well, my guess would not be Billy Joe.
October 1, 2008 at 5:09 pm
I was assisting a friend photographing Billy Joe at the Cash Cabin a week or so before the shooting. Billy Joe seemed to be a really kind and considerate man. That may be true, but he might have a bit of a temper. Ya think?
October 2, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Yeah, what’s the saying -you can take a man out of the old west, but you can’t take the old west out of a man… I’d say it was a real tough lesson learned about respecting your elders. FREE BILLY JOE!