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06-30-06, 08:38 AM
Marine Acquitted in Massachusetts Shooting
(AP)
Published: June 30, 2006
A jury in Salem acquitted an Iraq war veteran who was accused of injuring two people when he fired a shotgun into a raucous crowd of clubgoers outside his home. The man, Sgt. Daniel Cotnoir of the Marines, was found not guilty of two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Two jurors hugged him outside the courthouse. Mr. Cotnoir's house overlooks a parking lot that is across from two nightclubs. On the night of the shooting last August, a crowd gathered after the clubs closed, and Mr. Cotnoir testified he felt "under attack" when a bottle was thrown through his window.
(AP)
Published: June 30, 2006
A jury in Salem acquitted an Iraq war veteran who was accused of injuring two people when he fired a shotgun into a raucous crowd of clubgoers outside his home. The man, Sgt. Daniel Cotnoir of the Marines, was found not guilty of two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Two jurors hugged him outside the courthouse. Mr. Cotnoir's house overlooks a parking lot that is across from two nightclubs. On the night of the shooting last August, a crowd gathered after the clubs closed, and Mr. Cotnoir testified he felt "under attack" when a bottle was thrown through his window.