GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – A Greenville attorney has been charged with attempted murder and kidnapping following an incident involving his mother and another man Sunday evening.
According to the Greenville Police Department, officers responded at 8:20 p.m. to Quail Hill Court for a call about an active assault with a firearm.
While en route to the scene, officers were notified that Robert Ryan Breckenridge, 49, of Greenville, had possibly shot another man.
Then the men started fighting, which injured the man, police said.
Once officers arrived at the scene, they detained both men and found a gun in the backyard near a vehicle.
While investigating, officers learned the victim was shot at but did not have a gunshot wound.
Officers also learned that Breckenridge confined his mother to the living room at gunpoint while waiting for the victim to arrive. Breckenridge also reportedly made statements about harming his mother and the other man.
Breckenridge told officers he believes the man was in a relationship with his mother, a police report said.