SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. – The man credited by law enforcement with holding two Georgia prison escapees at gunpoint says he's no hero.
Patrick Hale says he was carrying a loaded weapon but never pulled it out. He says the two inmates took off their shirts and waved them as if they were surrendering, then got face down on his concrete driveway without saying a word.
He says they must have mistaken his car for a police cruiser, saying they look similar.
He says more than 45 police officers were there within minutes, and he says "I cannot tell you how grateful I was to see them arrive."
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Kate Brumback reported from Madison and Atlanta. Associated Press writers Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia, and Adrian Sainz in Memphis, Tennessee, contributed to this report.
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