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Iowa man who accidentally shot Marine with air rifle fined
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – A 71-year-old Iowa Metropolis man who critically wounded a U.S. Marine whereas capturing an air rifle at a squirrel has been fined $855 after pleading responsible in April to a misdemeanor.
The Press-Citizen stories that Philip Olson was issued the fantastic Thursday for violating an Iowa Metropolis ordinance prohibiting the discharge of toy weapons and slingshots.
Police have mentioned Olson was capturing at a squirrel in his yard final October when he hit then 20-year-old Gabe Heefner, of Kirkwood, Missouri, who was driving by.
Police discovered Heefner in a wrecked automobile with what appeared like a gunshot wound to the pinnacle. On the time, Heefner was a lance corporal within the Marines who was in Iowa Metropolis visiting his grandparents and buddies.
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