IAN GILLAN Touring Bassist Rodney Appleby Shot In Jaw
November 29, 2006, 18 years ago
DEEP PURPLE frontman IAN GILLAN's website has been updated with the following report, courtesy of Buffalo News (www.buffalonews.com/):
“An East Side man was shot in the jaw after he accepted an invitation to visit a neighbor's house, Buffalo police said Saturday.Rodney Appelby, 49, of the 800 block of Fillmore Avenue, was shot once at about 2:30 PM when he went to the nearby Fillmore Avenue home of his neighbor, Theodis Johnson, 41, Ferry-Fillmore District officers said.
Johnson is accused of firing a gunshot that struck Appelby in the jaw. Officers Cedric Littlejohn and Daryl Williams charged him with attempted murder, criminal use of a weapon and criminal possession of a weapon.
Appelby is in stable condition in Erie County Medical Center, police said late Saturday night.”
