Wesley Gage Weldon
Mug of Ga., State Rep. Tom Weldon, R-RinggoldThe brother of a Georgia state representative shot a friend in an argument over missing items, according to an incident report.
Wesley Gage Weldon, who was booked Friday on charges of aggravated assault, felony drug possession and having tools for the commission of a crime, got into a fight with Judson Samuel Cudd late Thursday night or early Friday morning. They were at Weldon’s house, according to a Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office incident report.
Weldon’s girlfriend, Jennifer Nicole Ray, told a deputy she locked the house on Potts Road in Ringgold when she went to bed Thursday night. But when she woke up, Cudd was there. He told her he had a key to the house.
Ray went outside to smoke, according to the incident report, leaving Cudd and Weldon inside. Sheriff Gary Sisk said the two men had been arguing about drugs or money, depending on which man you ask. All of a sudden, Ray told a deputy, she heard a gunshot. Inside, she found Cudd shot in the leg.
Ray wrapped a “makeshift tourniquet” around his wound, she later told a deputy. She then drove him to Cornerstone Medical Center. Doctors there transferred Cudd to Erlanger Health System. Cudd’s injuries were minor and he was released later that day, according to the sheriff’s office.