House of Shards Nathan and Annette Copeland, Barney Fuller
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| Barney Fuller |
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The show is described as a childish joke between neighbor kids turns into an all-out war when the adults get involved, and, for some, the laughter will end forever.
The appellant, Barney Ronald Fuller, Jr., was fond of firing weapons on his property in rural Houston County, despite repeated complaints from his neighbors. Perhaps the most vocal of his neighbors, Nathan and Annette Copeland, had a dispute with the appellant regarding his alleged shooting of the Copeland's electric transformer. The dispute escalated with the appellant ultimately being charged with making terroristic threats against Annette after he told her over the telephone, “Happy New Year, I'm going to kill you.”
On May 13, 2003, the appellant received a letter from the court regarding the terroristic threat charges against him. The appellant was furious and began drinking heavily. At around 1:30 a.m. on May 14, 2003, the appellant left his home and traveled the short distance on foot to the Copeland home. The appellant fired approximately sixty rounds from an AR-15 rifle into the Copeland home from outside, changing the magazine on his rifle three times. He then broke down the back door and made his way to the master bedroom where he fired several more shots with a pistol, reloading twice. He shot Nathan four times. The first shot was a fatal head wound from a rifle. The other three wounds, which were also classified as fatal, were from a pistol that was fired at Nathan's back from a distance of only one to three feet. Annette managed to call 9-1-1 from the master bath. The operator heard a man say, “Party's over, bitch,” before hearing “a popping sound” and the line went dead. Annette was shot three times in the head with a pistol, once directly through her brain and twice through her facial bones.
Barney Fuller was executed Oct 5, 2016.
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