DA seeks to indict federal corrections officer in fatal shooting

Butner, N.C. — Granville County District Attorney Sam Currin said Wednesday that he plans to seek an indictment against a federal corrections officer involved in a fatal weekend shooting outside a Butner restaurant.

Currin said he would pursue a voluntary manslaughter charge against Uriah Metcalf, 30, who works at the Federal Correctional Center in Butner. The grand jury next meets on Jan. 18, he said.

Ronald Dewey Anderson Jr., 45, was shot in the parking lot of Taste of Fuji, at 1515 N.C. Highway 56, at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

Police said Anderson and Warren Farrell Owen, 44, were inside the restaurant when they got into an argument with Metcalf and Gwynn Basinger, 36, another officer at the Butner prison. The fight continued outside, where shots were fired.

No one else was wounded in the shooting, although police said that Anderson also fired at Metcalf.

Police charged Owen on Sunday with carrying a concealed weapon.

Services for Anderson are set for Saturday at Eakes Funeral Home in Creedmoor.

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Redneck: I don't need to prove to myself I am a LEO or prove to myself that I can carry. I already know this; therefore I will let you do your homework and find the answers. But I will provide a link where you can start looking. Theres only a couple of thousand pages to look through. www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/

Medic1
December 31, 2009 3:17 p.m.

45ACP: Thank you for educating me!! I learned something very important!! Thanks.

Stay safe!!

Redneck Fun
December 31, 2009 3:10 p.m.

DOC_Employee must be a Hug-a-thug. Bet you bring contraband into your poor inmates too.

45ACP
December 31, 2009 2:57 p.m.

Redneck: I am a Federal CO. I get LEO pay and retirement, I have arrest authority while on duty and my ID says "Law Enforcement Officer". That is exactly what the Attorney General of The U.S. says anyway. That is why we fall under HR 218 and that is why we are allowed to carry off duty.

And DOC....You are spouting information that you apparantly got from some unreliable source. Please provide your source of info.

I hate ignorance.

45ACP
December 31, 2009 2:55 p.m.

"The Law says you can use deadly force to defend your self or to protect others !! nuff said."

Dadgumit, It is one thing to "defend your self"; however, I don't think the law considers it defending your self when you stand over a man after he is already down/dead and unload your gun on him. IMO...that is just having an attitude and trying to show off in front of friends that you have a gun & can use it. Get real people....it may have been a fight gone wrong & I don't know who started it, BUT...a man is dead!!! Period!!! It didn't have to come to that...wounded yes...dead NO!!!