This South Carolina Life

Jamie R. Francis

The State / The St. Petersburg Times

Marvin Cope, blood streaming down his face and shotgun in hand, waits on his porch for the neighbor who shot him to surface again. Cope was feeding his pet emus when his friend of 27 years, a bit drunk, Purcell Davis shot him in head and shoulder.

Jamie R. Francis , "This South Carolina Life," in POYi Archive, Item #29083, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/29083 (accessed November 25, 2024).