Update: Repo man shot and killed in Jefferson Co.
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NBC 13 HD News Staff
Published: January 8, 2009
A dangerous job ends in death for one Birmingham area man.
According to Birmingham police, the brother of a car owner shot and killed a repo man while he was trying to take back a car.
28-year old Jason Lee McLendon was shot in the back of head around 2 o’clock this morning near the 1900 block of 20th Street North.
Police said McLendon and his partner were about to repossess a Cadillac sedan.
As they backed up their tow truck, the car’s owner came out to ask what was going on and told McLendon he just made a payment.
Police said that’s when the owner’s brother came out with a rifle.
McLendon and his partner got into their truck and drove away.
But police said the man fired a shot, hitting McLendon in back of head while he was driving. His partner wasn’t hurt.
Police said later Thursday morning, the shooter turned himself in and told them he did not intend to shoot McLendon.
He said he thought he fired a warning shot.
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Posted by ( ethridgejk ) on January 09, 2009 at 6:39 pm
I know Jason, i work for the same repo company as he does i just work in the southern part of the state didnt know him well but he was a good agent, and didnt deserve this at all he was leaving without the car and showed no intentions of being hostile, the man is being charged with capital murder keep Jason family and friends in your prayers.
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Posted by ( chris72982 ) on January 09, 2009 at 12:25 pm
fire a warning shot into a vehicle thats driving away? seems to me he had every intention on shooting him….when you point a gun in the general direction of a person and fire..there is no “oh i didnt mean to hit him”...hopefully charges will be filed..the guy may have made a payment(which is a line i’m sure a repo guy hears all the time),if thats the case he could have let the car go and straigthened that out in the morning instead of acting wrecklessly and firing into an occupied vehicle thats DRIVING AWAY…but hey thats just me…atleast he was man enough to turn himself in…..poor thinking
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Posted by ( chris035 ) on January 08, 2009 at 4:26 pm
This is really sad. A man was there to do a job. Why would somebody even fire a “warning shot” to try and scare them? Now a woman is a widow and a child is left without a father all over a car. I repossess cars in the Birmingham area as well and have seen my share of guns and unruley people over cars. May everybody say a prayer for the family.
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