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In brief: African immigrant shot by officer

From Wire Reports

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – An African man was shot and killed by a Louisville Metro Police officer Saturday afternoon, after police say he grabbed a flagpole and swung it at the officer.

The man, whose name was not immediately released by authorities, was shot twice and died later at the hospital, according to the police department.

The African immigrant was a regular presence in the Old Louisville neighborhood surrounding the busy street corner where he was killed, neighbors said. A neighbor left a bundle of yellow lilies on the sidewalk where he fell.

Dozens began to gather there Saturday evening, trying to piece together what led to the fatal shooting and calling for police to quickly release footage from nearby surveillance cameras.

The department’s Public Integrity Unit is investigating. The officer was placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of that inquiry.

Tattoo marred in shooting incident

LINCOLN, Neb. – A man serving time for shooting his ex-girlfriend in Nebraska – marring her “happiness is a warm gun” tattoo – has been ordered to pay her medical bills.

Lancaster County District Judge Steven Burns entered a judgment this week of nearly $20,000 in favor of Andrea Eberspacher and ordering Paul Boye to help cover Eberspacher’s medical bills from the Feburary 2014 shooting, the Lincoln Journal Star reported Saturday.

A trial has been set for September in which a jury will be asked to determine if she deserves more for pain and suffering.

Boye is serving 10 to 15 years in prison for the shooting after being convicted of second-degree assault last year.

Court documents say the shooting occurred during an argument between Boye and Eberspacher after they had smoked methamphetamine and consumed vodka.

Eberspacher’s attorney, Perry Pirsch, said the couple had been arguing when she felt a sudden pain in her right side and back and screamed that Boye had shot her.

The .22-caliber bullet tore through her right kidney, liver and colon and lodged near her spine. Pirsch said Eberspacher needed a foot-long incision through her midsection, leaving a scar that bisects her tattoo of the lyric from the Beatles. She had to spend two days in intensive care, the lawyer said.