19-Year-Old Gets $250K Bond After Shooting
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A 19-year-old gets a high bond after another teen is shot in the face and upper chest and paralyzed from the chest down.
COLUMBUS, Ohio— A judge gave a 19-year-old a high bond after another teen was shot in the face and upper chest earlier this week.
NBC 4’s Lauren Diedrich reported with the FAST FACTS Thursday.
A Tuesday night shooting on the city’s Northeast Side sent 19-year-old Christopher Butler to Grant Medical Center in critical condition. NBC 4 learned Thursday Butler is paralyzed from the chest down.
Police were called to Charlotte Drive on reports of a shooting.
The two allegedly were selling pills in the 3000 block, according to prosecutors.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found Butler shot in the face and the upper chest with a small-caliber firearm.
Police said Butler identified Chaz White, 19, as the shooter.
Officials said Butler and White knew each other.
White was arrested and charged with felonious assault about an hour after officers found Butler with his gunshot wounds.
A judge set White’s bond at $250,000 Thursday.
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First off I’d like to say that I love you Chris and I hope you’re going to be ok. You and your family have been in my thoughts and Prayers since I heard what happened. If you or your Family need ANYTHING I’m right around the corner.
Second, Oscar and anyone else who wants to talk all kinds of dumb crap on here please think with your heart for just a minute. Were all human and we all make mistakes but no matter what our actions are NOBODY deserves what Chris got. Respect his friends and family enough to “limit your opinions of someone” especially when it comes to someone you don’t personally know. I’ve lost most of my family to drugs and I know how it feels to want to hate anyone associated with it. Hateful talking on here isn’t going to change the fact that we lost someone close to us its just going hurt the people who care for Chris even more then we already are.
-Rachel
This is the sister of the account holder. I would just like to say that Chris is in our thoughts and prayers and we know he will make it through this.
on some other stuff: Oscar, you are talking about your brother who overdosed because of a drug dealer. He is the one who took too much of the drug and that would be his fault not the drug dealers and if it wasn’t for people who do drugs there wouldn’t be dealers now would there genius?
You are an inconsiderate worthless human being for talking about a kid like that, especially one you don’t know ... you must really have no life to not know him or Chaz and be causing trouble with the people who care for him on this.
Everybody stay strong and keep him in your prayers, he will pull through this because he is a good person and it apparently was not his time to go
- ash
Ok for the people that says Chaz White was not a “thug” or “crack dealer” “bad kid” maybe you should do YOUR research instead of just saying you know him and he’s such a well rounded kid, very polite and well mannered when Chaz has got into trouble with the police before for numerous of things 1.Possess fake drugs 2.Resisting arrest 3.Menacing 4.Disorderly conduct and now 4.Felonious assault. And im sure the list will go on. So who ever thinks the boy Chaz is such a GREAT kid must be doing some drugs there self. And Im VERY SURE he was a drug dealer and for the people who dont think he was then ask your self why would he have fake drugs? If he wasn’t selling them then was he doing them his self?? Or was he trying to trick someone into doing the fake drugs to hurt them? For who ever thinks Chaz White is such a great kid and would never do no harm to anyone or never do anything that would get him in trouble all i ask is for you to give me a reason for all the things he has got into trouble with the police for. Why did he get all them charges if he’s a good kid? Please let me know and im sure everyone else would like to know too. Now lets talk about what Chris has got into trouble with the police for 1.Marked lanes THE END a little traffic ticket and you say chis is a thug or a bad kid and Chaz isn’t. If you ask me i think your stupid and ignorant for thinking that but im sure you wouldn’t ask me. I’ve known Chris since we were in Middle school at medina. I remember Chris as a goofy kid but quiet at times and always hung out with the same crew and actually still does hang out with same people and would do anything for them and anyone. Why do you think theres so many people defending him now and went to see him at the hospital? Because he was a nice caring young man and a very good friend and would do anything for his friends and this is how he gets paid for being a good caring friend he gets shot by his “friend” Chaz not TWICE but THREE times in his face and arm and chest and Chaz left him on the ground in the freezing cold snow to die! What dont you people understand HES NOT A GOOD KID OR GOOD PERSON HE LEFT SOMEONE TO DIE AND TOOK THERE CAR!! Im not going to say i wish the samething happend to Chaz because i would never wish that on someone im not going to say i wish he dies either i just hope he learns from what he has done and i hope he gets charged with more than what he got charged for and spends ATLEAST 20 to 30 years in prison but i know thats not going to happen so hopefully he just learns from his mistake and doesn’t do this to another person! And i hope Chaz’s mother isn’t only concerned about Chris because she doesn’t want him to die and her son get charged with murder but im sure it’s not that. So im praying for Chris and his family and friends and Chaz’s parents for having to go threw this. But i really think Chaz’s parents should go see Chris in the hospital to pay there respect and show Chris’s family that they really do care for Chris im sure it would mean alot to Chris and his family.
Regardless of what happened Chris needs all of the prayers that we can give him at this time. If you happen upon this story please say a prayer for Chris Butler and his family. When you go to church on Sunday please lift his name up in prayer.
Christopher Butler is not a thug he is a dumb kid who grew up with neglect. He had almost 0 parental direction in his life. This is an all too common tragedy in our culture. Christopher was not a thug he just wanted to pretend he was, which is just as dangerous to people he came in contact with and himself. He sold drugs and thought of himself as a suave player, that’s what kids with no direction and to many action movies do they invent themselves as important street players. Look at his MySpace page oh wow he is notorious it is a rotten shame when real life imitates crappy art.
[Oscar] Unplug your keyboard, nothing you’ve said is intelligent.
I went to high school with Chris for 3 years and he is anything BUT a thug. He’s a quite, goofy, normal guy. You can sit there behind your computer screen saying he IS this and he IS that but regardless of what he has or has not done, all you’re doing is throwing judgment on someone you don’t even know. “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone” I’d bet anything that’s not you buddy. You’ve merely read an article, a tiny fraction of his life. Who are you to argue what he deserves? Until you know more about a person than their name, nothing you say is valid.
I’m not seeing anything one sided, but I can say this, if Chris was such a “Good Boy” what was he doing hanging with someone as bad as Chaz?-if Chaz is as bad as you say he is. Have you ever heard of Carma? Somewhere Chris has done something in his life for this event to happen.
MARCUS B. I AM WITH YOU I DONT CARE IF THEY ARE BOTH THUGS BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT CHRIS IS NOT A THUG AND FOR EVERYONE PROTECTING CHAZ HOW ABOUT WE LET HIM DO THAT TO YOUR SON, DAUGHTER, MOTHER, FATHER, OR ANY LOVED ONE… THEN YOU WOULD WISH HE WOULD DIE IN JAIL… ALSO JUST BECAUSE YOU HANG OUT WITH SOMEONE DOES NOT MEAN YOU KNOW THEM… AND I DONT BELIEVE THAT CHAZ CHANGE 360 DEGREE’S WHEN HE STARTED HANGING OUT WITH CHRIS… THERE WAS ALWAYZ TO DEFERENT CHAZ’S ONE WHEN HE WAS AROUND LOVED ONES AND THEN ONE WHEN HE WAS AROUND HIS FRIENDS… BUT YOU PPL ARE LOOKING AT THE LIL PICTURE NOT THE WHOLE THING… WHO CARES IF THEY WHERE BOTH THUG’S… CHRIS IS IN A WHEELCHAIR FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE HE IS 19 HE COULD LIVE TO BE OVER 100 AND HIS LIFE I SCREWED BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS TO CHILDISH TO TALK OR FIGHT IT OUT HE HAD TO PULL OUT A GUN AND SHOOT HIM… AND LEFT HIM THERE FOR DEAD…
THIS IS MY SECOND FRIEND SHOT IN ABOUT 3 YEARS AND BOTH N THE FACE I WASN’T SO LUCKY LAST TIME I LOST MY BROTHER AND THAT CHICK IS ONLY GETTING ABOUT 3 YEARS… IT IS BULL IF YOU WANT TO BE BIG AND BAD AND PULL OUT GUNS AND SHOT SOMEONE BECAUSE FOR ONE MINTUE IN TIME YOU WANT TO PRETEND YOU ARE GOD AND TAKE SOMEONE’‘S LIFE I BEIEVE IN ALL MY HEART YOU SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT IN THE SAME WAY…
DO I FEEL BAD FOR CHAZ NO… BUT I DO FEEL BAD FOR HIS MOTHER AND FATHER NO ONE NEEDS TO GET A CALL THAT YOUR SON IS GETN CHARGD FOR SHOOTING SOMEONE…. BUT MY HEART GOES OUT TO CHRIS AND HIS FAMILY I NEVER WOULD WANT TO GET A CALL SAYING MY CHILD WAS SHOOT AND LEFT FOR DEAD… AND THEN HAVE TO GO AND PRETTY MUCH SEE MY CHILD ON THERE DEATH BAD NOT KNOWING IF THEY ARE GOIN TO LIVE OR DIE… I GUESS IN THE END THESE DAYS YOU CAN’T TRUST ANYONE… YOU SAY ONE WRONG THING AND YOU ARE UNDER THE GROUND OR ON YOUR DEATH BED BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN GET THERE HANGS ON GUNS… BUT FOR EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT CHRIS… HE A SWEET YOUNG MAN… WITH A HUGE HEART AND I NEVER THOUGHT ANYONE WOULD EVER DO THIS TO HIM BECAUSE IF YOU NEEDED A SHIRT HE WOULD GIVE THE ONE OFF HIS BACK…
BUT MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY’S AND CHRIS… FOR CHAZ HE NEED MORE THEN 2YEARS NOBODY IS GOING TO LEARN OFF OF THAT…
Okay, okay. Everyone is getting just a bit out of hand. What difference does it really make if they were both thugs or not? I think some people are missing the point. Here is what I know. Chris was shot from the side, not the back where he would have been if he was running away and not the front, where he would have been if he was attacking. Chris was unarmed, giving a ride to his “friend”. He felt safe and comfortable. He was shot from more than 10 feet away. A fact is a fact. You make the call. Ultimately, some lawyer will make some ridiculous deal for this kid and Chris will be in a wheel chair for the rest of his life. The worst that can happen to Chaz is he will spend a year or two in jail for this. God love the State of Ohio.
If Chris is such a good and perfect
young man and Chaz is such a bad so called Thug Crack dealer, why was Chris
hanging out with him!!!!!
I have known Chaz for 4 maybe 5 years
and he has always been a very mannerable
and polite young man. This is totally
out of character for him.
Maybe it’s the other way around and
Chaz just happened to get involved with the wrong guy or judging from the comments Chris’ brother has made, the wrong guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Concerned.


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