Verdict puts issue to rest for officers
By Steve Bauer
Friday January 11, 2008
CHAMPAIGN – A verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity for a man who shot Champaign police officers in a gun battle near West Side Park brings some closure for the department, according to Deputy Chief John Murphy.
Murphy, 44 , who was among those shot as officers traded gunfire with Donnell Clemons, who was homeless at the time of the shooting and living in a car on the north side of the park on June 7. Murphy was wearing a protective vest and was not seriously injured by a bullet that struck him in the chest.
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