'She bit me' Cameron County District Attorney reflects on shooting, says he's glad to be alive

Cameron County, PA — Cameron county district attorney Paul Malizia returning to work Thursday, after he says he was shot in the leg. He sat down with me to tell his side of this dramatic situation.

“Had the bullet gone two inches over, it would've been in the bone. Three inches over it would have been my femoral artery. I am the luckiest man alive.” says Malizia. He says the person who shot him ‘Porice Mincy’ was not supposed to be involved with the work between him and his other clients, in the first place.

Malizia mentioned how the involvement with each person was unclear at first, saying “It’s a shame, but the fact is it was a civil matter. I’d done a deed for this woman’s sister, and she had nothing to do with it.”

Malizia alleges that the clients sister assumed her name and repeatedly called his law office, to get the house in joint ownership. Because this new motion was not a part of the original deed, Malizia says this created a $300 dollar bill, which Mincy was not happy to see. He says he has run into a few ‘irate clients’ over the years, but nothing close this. “This just is really unheard of. So uncharacteristic. And as I indicated before, this individual was from New York City. So, things are more different there, and people are more demanding there, and as a consequence, the demands were made to do all this work for nothing.” he says.

The district attorney showed me how he says it happened. He says Mincy came into the office, verbally assaulting him. Malizia says he then left the office for a moment reentering to see his workplace a mess. “At that point I asked her to leave and she punched me in the nose.” Malizia also says she bit him and, allegedly made motions to gauge his eyes out, showing a wound on his leg. He then says they ended up going into the hallway where he tried restraining her.

Malizia describes the moment he was shot, saying it wasn't what he expected. “Apparently he pulled his handgun out. Stuck It on my leg and I heard a boom, but did not know any of this happened, and I didn’t feel it at all.” says Malizia.

He says he saw Mincy then pull the handgun up towards their heads, and that’s when he pushed her away, running into his office, locking the door, ready to defend himself. He says she left shortly after and fled to the address of the home she was trying to add her name to.

After the ordeal, Malizia also says he has received hundreds of calls, messages, and other forms of concern, from family and friends. “The outpouring, shall I say, of concern, worries, prayers, It’s humbling, and I’m very very thankful for everyone who has expressed their concern and asked me how I was doing, worried about me and so fourth, said a prayer. All I can say is that it could’ve been so much worse. It’s that simple.” he says.

Malizia says the attorney general’s office is currently handling the case. Reports show Mincy is currently behind bars at the Cameron County prison. Her bail was denied.

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