Armless man questioned after deadly fight

Snelville, Georgia police are investigating whether William Russell Redfern, who has no arms, may have caused the death of his neighbor after head-butting and kicking him in a fight. An autopsy showed that the man, Charles Keith Teer, died from a heart attack shortly after the altercation. Redfern is an artist known for pen-and-ink drawings done with his foot. From the Associated Press:

"He's dating my brother's ex-girlfriend," said Teer's sister Lynn Elliot. "My neighbor left my brother for this guy, so it's a verbal argument between them the whole time."

Elliot said the armless man attacked her brother.

"They got into a big confrontation, a verbal confrontation and a fist fight and he came after my brother, he came with full force, and head butted him as hard as he could," said Elliot.

She said Teer collapsed and died a short time after the fight.

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[#1 posted by mujadaddy , September 20, 2007 1:35 PM]

"Fistfight"?

That's SO insensitive

[#2 posted by David Pescovitz , September 20, 2007 1:40 PM]

Duh. I fixed it. That was actually unintentional and not meant to be funny.

[#3 posted by Anonymous , September 20, 2007 1:48 PM]

Wow - the Black Knight from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" wasn't fiction...!

[#4 posted by TJ , September 20, 2007 2:00 PM]

Read the blockquoted section (or the link) and you'll see that "fistfight" was used in the original article.

Admittedly an odd choice of words.

[#5 posted by kirkjerk , September 20, 2007 2:06 PM]

Heheh. "Snelville".

[#6 posted by porkbarrel , September 20, 2007 2:11 PM]

Shades of the black knight!

[#7 posted by Anonymous , September 20, 2007 2:22 PM]

Armless != Harmless

[#8 posted by OM , September 20, 2007 2:59 PM]

"...It's only a flesh wound!"

[#9 posted by Anonymous , September 20, 2007 3:07 PM]

I have an aunt who used to live in Snellville (note the spelling). I visited her there once and couldn't stop thinking about what a lousy name for a town that was.

[#10 posted by Hunty , September 20, 2007 3:27 PM]

Yes, but where are the YouTube videos of cops tazing him out of confusion when they discover they can't handcuff him?

[#11 posted by Xeni Jardin , September 20, 2007 3:56 PM]

Don't taste me, bro!

[#12 posted by nick , September 20, 2007 5:05 PM]

Thank you for not titling this entry "Unarmed Man Questioned After Deadly Fight."

And yes, I am ashamed of myself for what I just wrote.

[#13 posted by pchi , September 20, 2007 8:12 PM]

The same AP source you used for this story announced on 9/19 that it was heart disease, not a head-butt, that killed the man.

AP story - http://tinyurl.com/ysgfyy

[#14 posted by Anonymous , September 21, 2007 12:10 AM]

Mostly 'armless!

[#15 posted by BanjoCult , September 21, 2007 1:06 AM]

'Armless? - 'ardly

[#16 posted by Anonymous , September 21, 2007 9:24 AM]

The Black Knight always triumphs!

[#17 posted by Anonymous , September 21, 2007 9:30 AM]

It's "Snellville". I grew up in the next town, and my high school was in Snellville. The city's slogan is "Everybody's Somebody in Snellville."