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WNC man sentenced to prison after parking space fight

WNC man sentenced to prison after parking space fight
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A fight over a parking space led to a Western North Carolina man pistol whipping a victim and now he's going to prison. 38-year-old Brandon Derelle Boone will spend the next three to four years behind bars after pleading guilty to assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon.

The Buncombe County District Attorney's Office says , Boone and another man got into an argument over a parking space in March. Prosecutors say Boone pulled out a handgun and pistole whipped the man in the face, fracturing his orbital bone.


They also say he fired the gun into the air during the fight. Boone will serve between a minimum of 2 and a half years and a maximum of four years in the North Carolina State Prison System.