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January 13, 2015

Officer stands trial in 95-year-old’s beanbag shooting death

MARKHAM, Ill. (AP) — Opening statements began Tuesday in the trial of a suburban Chicago police officer accused of acting recklessly by fatally shooting a 95-year-old World War II veteran

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