"Barney" co-creator's son allegedly shot neighbor
#941584: Baby Bop, Barney, Riff and BJ (l-r) from tv series "Barney and Friends", photo on black / AP Graphics
MALIBU, Calif. Authorities say the son of a co-creator of the long-running children's show "Barney and Friends" has been accused of shooting his Malibu neighbor over an ongoing dispute.
Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Thursday that Patrick Leach fled by car and was arrested a couple miles away, minutes after authorities arrived on the scene of the Jan. 9 shooting.
The 27-year-old Leach is the son of Sheryl Leach, co-creator of the popular PBS show about a purple dinosaur who plays and sings with children. He was released on $1 million bail.
Whitmore declined to discuss the dispute between Leach and the neighbor. He says the neighbor was shot in the chest with a.45-caliber gun and was in critical condition but is expected to recover.
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- Does it never end?
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- Bad neighbor was talking about Big Bird's momma or Barney not having a daddy or not funding Public Broadcast. Leach just could not take it anymore. It is always somebody else who causes these things to happen? Slow news day CBS. Barney and friends with guns.
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