One brother ends up hurt, another in jail after family fight

One brother wound up injured and another brother wound up in jail after the two got into a fight on Monday in Newberry.

Patrick Luke Shute, 18, was arrested.

When officers arrived, his older brother, Anthony J. Shute, was found bleeding from a spot on the left side of his head where he said he had been kicked with boots. He reportedly had several other spots on his body including scrape marks on his back, right hand and left elbow.

Officers who responded to a dispatch to a residence at 545 Section St. in Newberry included Greene County Sheriff's Deputies Jeremy Inman and Rick Marques and Worthington Reserve Officer Nick Powell.

When they arrived, they found Anthony Shute complaining of head injuries and difficulty breathing. They found Patrick Shute hiding on the ground behind a shed.

According to a probable cause affidavit written by Deputy Inman, officers spoke with several witnesses in two neighboring residences where the fighting took place, both occupied by family members of the brothers.

One witness told officers she didn't know what started the fight but said they were "fighting all over the place."

Another said the ongoing fight had woke up a small child who started to cry.

They reportedly fought in the living room of their father's house, then when their father tried to separate them, moved to their sister's house next door and fought there too.

At one point, Patrick Shute, allegedly got a Remington 870 shotgun and pointed it at his brother and father. The gun was not loaded.

Among the allegations in the affidavit -- When Patrick got up and shoved Anthony into a chair and it flipped over and broke one of the chair legs. Patrick also allegedly picked up a toy and smashed it across Anthony's body breaking the toy. There was pushing, shoving and kicking.

Inman said in the affidavit that Patrick had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath and Patrick said he had been drinking. According to the affidavit, Patrick said Anthony had purchased the alcohol for him.

Patrick was booked in on several preliminary charges at the Greene County Jail where his home address was listed as Batesville. His bond was set at $7,000.

On Tuesday, the charges filed against Patrick Shute in Greene Superior Court included: Battery resulting in bodily injury, a class A misdemeanor; pointing a firearm, a class A misdemeanor; and illegal possession, a class C misdemeanor.