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Columbus Police Kill Alleged Armed Man

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia,
Associated Press
Published February 24, 2017 at 5:26 AM EST
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Columbus police officers last night shot and killed a man who they say pointed a gun at them. Officers were responding to reports of an intoxicated man sitting in an SUV pointing a gun at someone. Police say 38-year-old Jimmie Patton got out of the vehicle near Parsons and Southwood Avenues and was killed after allegedly pointing a gun at one of the responding officers. Police shot 174 people between 2008 and 2015, a disproportionately high figure compared with other cities. The city has made no resulting policy changes.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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