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Klamath grand jury clears trooper in shooting

The Columbian
Published: May 16, 2012, 5:00pm

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — A Klamath County grand jury decided Wednesday that an Oregon State Police trooper was justified in shooting a man who was holding a woman hostage during a standoff at a Crescent Lake cabin.

The May 1 shooting wounded 28-year-old Alberto Quiroz Martinez as he used a knife to hold the woman as a shield.

Martinez was treated at a Bend hospital for a minor head wound and jailed.

The woman was not injured during the rescue.

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