CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Gregg Brafford’s life may never fully return to normal since he was shot outside his southwest Charlotte house in an attempted robbery on Aug. 21.
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Brafford, who owns The Woodshed Lounge, had to be hospitalized for three weeks and will continue to be bound to a wheelchair for at least the next two months. He's still unable to work. And to make matters more frustrating the suspect who shot him has yet to be identified or arrested.
"I now have a steel rod in my upper leg after one bullet shattered my femur," said Brafford. "But I was actually shot twice in the leg, once in the elbow and once in the hand."
Brafford told Channel 9 he believes he was set up even though he didn't recognize the shooter. He described the suspect to police as a black male in his teens standing at approximately 5 feet 11 inches tall with shoulder-length dreadlocks.
"That is the only night I work at my bar and would have had any money on me," said Brafford. "Someone knew my schedule in order to set him up to look for me."
On that early morning of Aug. 21, Brafford said a friend had just dropped him off at his home.
He said the shooter immediately approached him but didn't say a word and began firing at him.
"I had my money bag in one hand and my pistol in the other because I've actually been robbed before this incident," said Brafford. "I guess that's why he ran away without trying to get my money. But I'm lucky to be alive."
Brafford asked for anyone in the community with information on his case to come forward.
"I'd appreciate it if someone could help us," said Brafford.
Anyone with any information concerning this case or the assailant is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
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