Officers were called a little after midnight to the man's Dixie Drive apartment, where they found him slumped on his knees with a bullet wound in his stomach. One of the men hit him in the face with the gun, then fired one shot into him before they both ran. Officers with police dogs tracked the pair to the parking lot of a nearby auto dealership, where they suspect the men escaped in a waiting car, Hunt said.
Investigators are still unclear what prompted the shooting.
He arrested McCarthy, then searched the car. Inside was a loaded .22 caliber derringer and a loaded .38 caliber pistol, the officer reported. He denied owning the .38. McCarthy was charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Other names suggested included Centerville Elementary and Turkey Crossing Elementary.