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Prosecutor: Deputy Behaved Like Cowboy, Had `No Right’ to Take Suspect’s Life

An ex-Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a wanted man in what he contended was self-defense behaved like a “cowboy,” unjustifiably creating a lethal situation, a prosecutor said Tuesday, while the defendant’s attorney argued the shooting was unavoidable under the circumstances. Oscar Rodriguez, 44, is charged with first-degree murder and sentence-enhancing gun and great […]

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