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State Police Investigate Shooting Incident at
Bailey's Auto Refinishing in Carthage
Published: August 16, 2021
at 04:50 p.m.
By: Press Release from New York State Police
State Police Investigate Shooting Incident at
Bailey's Auto Refinishing in Carthage
16 August 2021
NEW YORK STATE POLICE
Major Darrin S. Pitkin
Troop D Commander
PRESS RELEASE
On August 16,
2021, at 7:26 a.m., State Police and the village of Carthage Police
responded to a reported shooting incident that occurred at Bailey’s Auto
Refinishing located at 789 West End Avenue in the village of Carthage,
Jefferson County.
When patrols
arrived, they interviewed 42-year-old Shannon M. Ayers who
stated that he went to the body shop to speak with Randy Bailey and banged
on the windows of the overhead doors to get his attention, when he saw
Bailey shoot several gunshots at him through the garage windows.
Ayers hit the ground, started crawling and was injured when glass
shards began falling out of the windows. He was treated at the scene and
released.
Randy L. Bailey, age 44 from
Carthage, NY was transported to Carthage Area Hospital and was pronounced
deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
State Police were
assisted at the scene by Carthage Village Police, Carthage Fire Department and the Carthage Area Rescue Squad.
The investigation
is continuing.
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