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Charges Filed In Hilltop Shooting

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published January 15, 2013 at 12:31 PM EST

Columbus police have filed charges against a man who was shot after he allegedly robbed a father on the Hilltop last week.43-year-old James Thompson is charged with attempting to rob 34-year-old Kelby Smith on Crescent Drive. Smith told police he shot and wounded Thompson in order to protect the 2-month-old son he was with. Thompson remains in a local hospital.

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Jim Letizia
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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