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Najib Magee to shoot Gomez three times at close range in the early morning hours of March 19, 2024.
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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
Rather than deescalate or comfort him, the lawsuit says, he was sprayed four times, including twice at close range after being restrained, despite no physical threat to staff.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2025
Stippling is a burn pattern caused by gunpowder exploding from a weapon fired at close range.
—Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2025
An enraged Corcoran grabbed a semi-automatic rifle, went down the stairs and confronted the four men before shooting them at close range, according to the court filing.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
Rather than deescalate or comfort him, the lawsuit says, he was sprayed four times, including twice at close range after being restrained, despite no physical threat to staff.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2025
Stippling is a burn pattern caused by gunpowder exploding from a weapon fired at close range.
—Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2025
An enraged Corcoran grabbed a semi-automatic rifle, went down the stairs and confronted the four men before shooting them at close range, according to the court filing.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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“At close range.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20close%20range. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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