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Guilty Verdict In Case Of Robbery Victim Shot By Police

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published November 1, 2013 at 7:12 AM EDT

A Fairfield County jury has found an alleged burglar charged with causing a police officer to kill the robbery victim guilty. Prosecutors say 20-year-old David O'Neal broke into a Fairfield County apartment while armed last year, but lost the weapon in a struggle with 21-year-old Destin Thomas. Prosecutors say that's when a Columbus police officer shot and killed Thomas, not knowing he was the resident and not the burglar. Sentencing is pending.
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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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