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Jul 1 2024
06:15 am
By: bizgrrl
Police responded to reports of shots fired in the Ijams Park, Mead’s Quarry parking lot around 5:30 p.m., Sunday, June 30, 2024.
A police spokesperson said the suspect ran from the parking lot and discarded the gun. He was apprehended promptly and the firearm was recovered by responding officers.
It just gets better and better at the "bucolic" Ijams Park, Mead's Quarry.
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