North Carolina State Senator R.C. Soles, the longest serving legislator in the state, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
Soles, a Democrat and an attorney, allegedly shot one of his former clients on Aug. 23, 2008 and inflicted serious bodily injury, according to the indictment.
A local television station, WECT, reports that the victim and another man had kicked on the front door of Soles’ home. Soles claims the shooting was done in self defense.
