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Police chief fired in Florida after fatal training demonstration last year

by Brian Seay

Punta Gorda Police Chief Tom Lewis was fired Wednesday more than a year after the fatal shooting of a librarian at a training demonstration.

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Police chief on trial after librarian killed in training demo

by Brian Seay

Five officers testified Tuesday that nobody checked whether a gun had blanks before a community demonstration that ended with a librarian dead.

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Florida police officer, chief charged for fatal training demo

by Brian Seay

A Florida police officer and his superior were charged this week for the deadly shooting of a retired librarian at a community policing event last summer.

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