CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR (KPTV) -
FOX 12 has learned more about what led up to a shooting inside a Clackamas Fred Meyer store Tuesday.
The sheriff's office says Jerry Harryman, 66, of Milwaukie, was arrested and charged with assault in the first degree.
The man he allegedly shot, Bill Young, 59, suffered a gunshot wound to his leg, but is now home recovering.
"He's a little shaky, little pain in his leg, but he says he's OK," Young's wife, Dorothy Young, told FOX 12.
Bill Young didn't have the energy Wednesday afternoon to recount his traumatic trip to the grocery store, but pointed out where the bullet went through his thigh.
Dorothy Young, who was with him at the time of the shooting, along with her grandson, said the problems started in the checkout line.
"I was putting in my PIN number for my card," she described. "The guy kept looking around me and trying to get my PIN number, and my husband asked him to back off."
Dorothy Young said Harryman refused, and the fight reportedly turned physical.
"Bill was going around the other aisle to go between me and him, so the guy shoved a cart at him, threw and punch, and said, ‘I've got a gun,'" described Dorothy Young. "He pulled the gun; Bill went for his hand and pushed it down…that's when Bill got shot in the leg."
Despite the pain, Bill Young, a Vietnam veteran, worked to secure the gun, as customers ran from the checkout stand and hid inside the store.
"All Bill could think about was getting the gun away from him," said Dorothy Young. "Bill just put his finger in the trigger hole, so he couldn't get any more shots off, and held onto him, until there were other customers and people from the store who came and helped."
Clackamas County sheriff's investigators say Fred Meyer loss prevention employees helped handcuff Harryman until deputies arrived.
The sheriff's office said Harryman did have a valid concealed handgun license, which has now been revoked pending his charges.
Meanwhile, the Young family, still in disbelief, is thankful this didn't end worse.
"We're just glad everyone is OK," said Dorothy Young.
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