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MA: Officers charged in firing of gun
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"Linda Eisenberger was relaxing in her armchair with a crossword puzzle when she heard what sounded like gunshots nearby. Suddenly, the wall behind her head exploded in a shower of plaster."
"A metal slug - allegedly fired from a shotgun belonging to a deputy sheriff - had torn through a rear bathroom screen, smashed into the wall, and ricocheted more than 23 feet across the room to ..."
"'If I had been standing, I could be dead,' said Eisenberger, 56, speaking out for the first time since the Aug. 4 incident."
"Two law enforcement officers were scheduled to appear in court recently on charges in connection with the firearm discharge, while a third faces an internal disciplinary hearing." ... |
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