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Man killed in Eugene burglary just out of jail

The Columbian
Published: February 6, 2012, 4:00pm

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — An intruder shot dead by a Eugene resident during a reported burglary had just been released from jail the day before.

Police say 44-year-old Shawn Connelly of Springfield was one of two intruders Thursday at the home.

KVAL reports (http://is.gd/UWh9WM ) that on Monday he had been booked into the Lane County Jail on heroin charges and was released the same day.

The second intruder was found in the neighborhood by a police dog. Thirty-nine-year-old Darrin George Dubouch of Coburg is held in the Lane County Jail for investigation of robbery and burglary.

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Information from: KVAL-TV, http://www.kval.com/

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