Cherokee County Sheriff's Department:
CHEROKEE COUNTY (KYTX) - On Saturday Morning, June 23, 2012 at approximately 8:45 a.m. Cherokee County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call in reference to a shooting victim.
The caller, Mary (Skinner) Chambers, stated that she and her fiance, Clarence Watts, were currently at the Alto PD and needed help because Mr. Watts had been shot by her ex-husband, S.C. Skinner (49 -year-old).
Deputies and EMS responded to the Alto PD parking lot and met with Chambers and Watts.
Mary Chambers and Clarence Watts said the shooting occurred in front of SC Skinners residence on CR-2907 in the Weeping Mary Community West of Alto.
She stated that she and Watts went to the Skinner residence to pick up her 17-year-old son and take him to work that morning because he needed a ride.
She stated that she was driving and Watts was in the passenger side of truck. When they pulled up in front of the residence, Skinner came out of the house with a pump shotgun, walked in front of the truck, pointed the gun at the passenger side front windshield and fired, striking the passenger side front windshield where Watts was sitting.
After Skinner fired the gun he came around to the drivers side window and began yelling at Chambers. Several family members, who heard the gunshot, ran out of Skinner's residence and pulled him back inside the house. Chambers and Watts immediately pulled away from the house and went to Alto PD for help.
Watts had several pellets of birdshot and glass in his face and chest and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
Lt. Gina Battley worked with Deputy Robin Parsons to obtained arrest warrants for Skinner, which were served in Alto just after 2:00pm on Saturday. Skinner was arrested without incident and transported to Cherokee County Jail where he was booked on one charge of Aggravated Assault (2nd Degree Felony) and one charge of Deadly Conduct (3rd Degree Felony).
Skinner was arraigned on Sunday morning by Justice Of The Peace Precinct 4 Vera Foreman who set the bonds at $25,000 for the Aggravated Assault charge, and $20,000 for the Deadly Conduct charge.
Skinner made bond later in the day on Sunday.
