Three men face assault charges after a shooting in Ooltewah last week, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
An ongoing dispute between two of the men, Dalton Hardy and Curtis Randolph, apparently turned into a fight on May 27 that started inside the Trading Post store then moved outside, the office said in a news release.
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The third man, James Bragg, then joined the dispute and brandished a stick, escalating tensions, according to the release.
Randolph, 41, then shot Bragg in the leg. That was found to be an act of self-defense, based on a review by the Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office.