From the Charlotte Observer of February 22, 2005
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Man fatally shot; police say his father fired gunNo subsequent stories about this incident were found.
43-year-old is killed at home in northwest Charlotte neighborhood
A 43-year-old man with a bullet in his chest died on his sidewalk Monday morning, and police say his 79-year-old father pulled the trigger.
The shooting occurred about 10:15 a.m. after an argument between the two men in the home they shared on Eagle Peak Drive in the Pawtuckett neighborhood of northwest Charlotte, police said.
Frank James Sadler III, who was shot once, died soon after authorities arrived at the scene, said Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Detective Jason Kelly.
His father, Frank James Sadler Jr., was not taken into custody and had not been charged as of Monday evening, Kelly said. Instead, police said they are consulting with the district attorney's office before pressing charges.
Monday wasn't the first time the two men had fought, police said. On Jan. 11, the father called 911 and reported that he had been punched in the face, a police report states.
Police would not say what prompted the argument between the two on Monday morning. A man who answered the phone at the house in the afternoon declined to comment.
Both men lived at the home that the family owned since 1979, but the son had been gone for at least a few years when he served a five-year prison sentence. In 1996, he was found guilty of trafficking cocaine and was sent to prison, N.C. prison records show.
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