And in the police news, tonight, Brian Lopez, a Scenes of Crime technician, is recovering at his home in Ladyville after he was shot in the head last night by an assailant wielding a shot gun.
Now, Scenes of Crimes technicians are the civilian staff members who work alongside the police whenever there is any evidence gathering that needs to take place at a crime scene.
Just before midnight, Lopez was walking on Mamie Road in Ladyville. He was on the way home, after a colleague dropped him off by vehicle.
That's when a dark-skinned man appeared out of the darkness and fired a shotgun blast at his head and fled the scene. Some of the pellets struck him in the head and neck, and he was rushed to the KHMH.
He has since been released from the hospital, but we understand that he has pellets still lodged in the neck and behind the ear, which the doctors don't want to remove for fear of paralyzing him.
Neighbors tell us that he is quiet man who keeps mostly to himself. We approached his family for comment today, but they declined.
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