Henderson Man Arrested in Rusk County Shooting
Posted/updated on: May 17, 2011 at 2:18 pm
HENDERSON A Rusk County shooting has led to the arrest of Timothy Scarborough, 30, of Henderson. Monday morning around 1:00, Sheriff Danny R. Pirtle and Rusk County Sheriffs Office Criminal Investigators responded to a call of a gunshot victim on County Road 462. The victim suffered gunshot wounds to the lower torso and was taken by helicopter to a local hospital for emergency surgery. The victim remains in the hospital and is currently in ICU. Scarborough was charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, a second degree felony that carries up to twenty years in prison. Scarboroughs bond remains jailed on $20,000 bond. The investigation continues, and authorities say more information will be released as it become available.