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WLKY’S DENI KAMPER SPOKE WITH THE SUSPECT’S FATHER AND JOINS US LIVE FROM JEFFERSONVILLE. DENI? DENI: JEFFERSONVILLE POLICE ARE NOT RELEASING ANY DETAILS ABOUT THIS SHOOTING, BUT WE SPOKE TO THE SUSPECT’S FATHER, WHO SAYS HIS SON ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE. >> I JUMPED IN MY CAR AND TOOK OFF, DID ABOUT 80 MILES AN HOUR TRYING TO GET HERE. DENI: JOE POWELL RUSHED TO BIG O TIRES IN JEFFERSONVILLE WEDNESDAY MORNING. HE SAYS HE CAN’T EVEN REMEMBER WHO CALLED HIM TO SAY HIS SON, BOBBY, HAD SHOT AND KILLED SOMEONE THERE. >> I WORK DOWN THE STREET. I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO THINK. DENI: JEFFERSONVILLE POLICE AREN’T RELEASING ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECT OR VICTIM, BUT POWELL SAYS BOTH HIS SON AND THE VICTIM WERE EMPLOYEES AT THE STORE. >> HE THREATENED MY SON. HE DEFENDED HIMSELF. HE TOOK OFF RUNNING AT HIM, AND HE STEPPED BACK AND DEFENDED HIMSELF FROM GETTING HURT. DENI: JOE POWELL SAYS BOBBY NEVER MENTIONED HAVING A PROBLEM WITH A COWORKER, AND DOESN’T KNOW IF HIS SON ALWAYS CARRIES A GUN. >> HE’S BEEN AROUND GUNS HIS WHOLE LIFE, THOUGH. DENI: HE BELIEVES HIS SON ACTED IN SELF DEFENSE. >> MY SON MIGHT WEIGH 100 POUNDS, HE’S ABOUT THIS TALL. AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A GUY MY SIZE COMING AT YOU. DENI: ACCORDING TO A VOICEMAIL AWAY MESSAGE, BIG O TIRES WILL REMAIN CLOSED TODAY AND TOMORROW. >> DUE TO AN EMERGENCY, BIG O CLOSED ON THE 10TH AND WILL BE CLOSED ALSO ON THE 11TH. DENI: JEFFERSONVILLE POLICE TOOK BOBBY POWELL INTO CUSTODY. JOE POWELL SAYS HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIS SON. >> I’M SO EMOTIONALLY TORE UP RIGHT NOW, I DON’T KNOW WHAT'S WHAT. DENI: 19-YEAR-OLD POWELL WAS ARRESTED BY JEFFERSONVILLE POLICE AND IS NOW CHARGED WITH ORDER AREA REPORTING LIVE IN JEFFERSONVILLE, DENI KAMPER, WLKY NEWS. VICKI: BIG O TIRES IS AN INDEPENDENTLY-OWNED FRANCHISE, BUT THE COMPANY’S CORPORATE OWNER RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, “WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR FRANCHISE PARTNERS TO ASSIST IN THE RESPONSE AND INVESTIGATI

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A Jeffersonville teen is facing a murder charge after a shooting at a tire store.The shooting happened at the Big O Tires in the 2500 block of Allison Lane shortly before 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Police said a male employee was shot by 19-year-old coworker Bobby Powell.The victim was taken to University Hospital where he died. His name has not yet been released.Powell was at the scene when officers arrived and was taken into custody.Police said this was an act of workplace violence that stemmed from a verbal altercation between the two earlier in the workday.Powell has been charged with murder. The company that owns the tire shop, TBC Corporation, released this statement:"We extend our deepest sympathies to those affected by this terrible tragedy. We are working closely with our franchise partners to assist in the response and investigation. Our main priority is and will remain the safety and wellbeing of all members in the community affected by this incident.""He was trying to turn his life around and do better,” Brittany Hardesty said.Hardesty told WLKY’s Tre Ward she dated the victim for about five years, and remained close friends with him after they went their separate ways. She said the victim had just become employed at Big O Tires in Jeffersonville a few months ago in an effort to turn his life around.He was trying to make it in life,” Hardesty said. “I believe with him getting this job at Big O was him proving to himself that he could make it in life.”This marks Jeffersonville's second homicide of the year and this week. The first was Monday night at the Greenwood Apartments. One man died and two others were injured in that incident.Big O Tires will be closed Thursday.