WENGNews writes, "THE UNCLE OF A CHARLOTTE COUNTY FIREFIGHTER/EMT WAS ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING HIS NEPHEW IN HIS HOME EAST OF PUNTA GORDA LAST NIGHT. DEPUTIES SAY THEY RECEIVED A CALL JUST AFTER 6:30PM LAST NIGHT ABOUT THE SHOOTING ON GREY FOX LANE, JUST OFF OF WASHINGTON LOOP ROAD. 30 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER CHURCH WAS FOUND WITH A GUNSHOT WOULD TO THE LOWER ABDOMEN, AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. DEE HAWKINS WITH CHARLOTTE FIRE AND EMS TOLD WENG NEWS THIS MORNING THAT CHURCH IS STABLE, AND DEPUTIES SAY HE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE FOLLOWING SURGERY. THE INVESTIGATION LED DETECTIVES TO 50 YEAR OLD RAYMOND BOOMHOWER, CHURCH’S UNCLE. THERE HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN A DISPUTE OVER THE PROPERTY BETWEEN THEIR TWO HOMES, AND A GIRLFRIEND AND RELATIVES TOLD DETECTIVES THAT BOOMHOWER HAD REPEATEDLY THREATENED TO KILL CHURCH. HE CALL THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE JUST BEFORE 8PM AND ALERTED AUTHORITIES THAT THEY COULD COME AND GET HIM. DEPUTIES SAY BOOMHOWER IS A GUN DEALER, AND THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT THE WEAPONS IN HIS HOME. HE SURRENDERED PEACEFULLY AND WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL. "
