Tennessee news reported that a Tennessee man with a valid concealed carry permit holder shot an attacker in his hotel room.
The attacker, and the gun owner and another man were at the the Suburban Lodge on Central Pike after church Sunday afternoon (no word on WHY they went to the lodge after church on a Sunday afternoon). The two men entered an elevator along with 48-year-old James Grisham, who it turns out did not have a room at the hotel.
The two men told police they exited the elevator and went towards their room. Grisham also exited the elevator at the same time but walked in the opposite direction.
A few minutes later, the victim says he opened the hotel room door and found Grisham attempting to stab him with an object. Believing it was a knife and fearing for his life, the victim knocked Grisham down, retrieved his Glock 19 handgun from the table and shot Grisham in the left bicep.
Grisham ran off with the stabbing object, which was later recovered and determined to be a fork. The gun owner was able to stop Grisham and held him at gunpoint until police arrived.
No charges were filed against the victims as the shooting was in self-defense. Police arrested Grisham on two charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
