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2 Ark. paramedics shot on duty, return fire, killing suspect Officials say after a gunman shot two paramedics in the ambulance after an argument, one of the paramedics returned fire, killing the gunman

By Laura French

PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Two Arkansas paramedics were wounded in a shooting while responding to a medical call on Thursday.

Police say the medics were at a residence in Pine Bluff aiding a woman with knee pain when the patient’s boyfriend, identified by authorities as Kevin Curl Jr., 22, approached them and began arguing with them, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Curl was said to have pushed Paramedic John Spriggs Sr. who then reportedly punched Curl before Curl pulled out a firearm and shot both medics approximately three times in the chest, pelvic and abdominal areas, according to a police news release.

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Read the rest here: Police 1.com
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Investigation concludes fatal John Day shooting was self-defense

By Rudy Diaz
The investigation of a fatal shooting in John Day supported the initial findings that the act was in self-defense

Grant County District Attorney Jim Carpenter announced in a Dec. 16 press release he will not pursue charges against Lloyd N. Leach, 86, for shooting and killing Patrick L. Duignan, 34, Sept. 22 at an apartment on Southwest First Avenue in John Day.

Carpenter said he made the decision after reports, evidence, interviews and witnesses indicated that Leach acted in self-defense. The Oregon State Police major crimes team was activated and oversaw the investigation.

“Leach was justified in using physical force upon another person for self-defense from what Leach reasonably believed to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force,” Carpenter said in the press release. “Further, given all the circumstances, Leach used a degree of force which Leach reasonably believed to be necessary for the purpose.”

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Read the rest of the article here: Blue Mountain Eagle

Attorney’s office: No charges filed against pawn shop owner in man’s shooting death

Nobody will be charged in connection to a man’s death in May because looters destroyed all security video and only one witness cooperated.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said Monday that a pawn shop owner won’t be charged in Calvin Horton Jr.’s death after a six-month investigation by Minneapolis police, citing insufficient evidence to overcome a self-defense argument.

Officers were called to 1538 E. Lake Street around dusk on May 27 and found Horton lying on the sidewalk, suffering from a gunshot wound. He later died at a hospital.

Authorities ask for public’s help in Lake Street pawn shop homicide

Because officers were verbally and physically assaulted, no firearm was recovered, police said, and crime lab personnel couldn’t return to the crime scene until the following morning. By that time, everything in the pawn shop was gone, including security cameras and the DVR.

An autopsy determined Horton died of a shotgun wound.

The one cooperative witness told police Horton and several others had broken into the store and the shop’s owner fired at Horton when they were within seven feet of each other. Other witnesses were contacted to corroborate that account but none of them were cooperative, police said.

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Read the rest here: KSTP.com

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