WRAL-TV in Raleigh has interviewed Kyle Blackburn, a 23-year-old man who was shot last summer by retiring state Sen. R.C. Soles, a Democrat from Tabor City. Don Carrington also interviewed Blackburn.
My favorite take-away from WRAL’s report:
The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations that Soles fondled a 27-year-old Columbus County man more than a decade ago. After making the claim in a television interview, the man recanted.
Blackburn said he was never molested, but he said Soles has assaulted him in the past.
“He kicked me right upside the head with some little, pointy elf shoes,” he said.
