Shooting of Marine believed to be accidental

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Shooting of Marine believed to be accidental
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Jan 27, 2008 14:04:10 EST

PINEVILLE, La. — Two buddies who had recently joined the Marine Reserve together may have been playing a game with guns when one shot and killed the other, sheriffs deputies say.

If the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office finds that James Alexander Lind, 20, of Pineville died in a game with Ron Weneell Lindo Jr., 19, of Ball, it would be the second fatal shooting in three days by grown men allegedly playing with guns in Central Louisiana.

Jeffrey Alan Latson, 51, of Winnfield died Tuesday, shot in the chest. The death was reported first as a suicide, but was found to be the result of two men playing with a loaded gun, Winnfield police said in a written statement. Bobby R. Anders, 54, of Winnfield was booked with negligent homicide and his bond set at $10,000.

“There is nothing to indicate that this is anything but a tragic accident caused by an extremely bad judgment call that ended in a young man losing his life,” Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Maj. Herman Walters said.

Sheriff’s Detective Jasper Bay said the two were “constantly playing games” with “air-soft guns” that looked like real guns but shot plastic pellets. Whether they were playing such games when Lind was shot is still under investigation, Bay said.


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