{"id":2020,"date":"2010-12-24T11:04:37","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T19:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2013-04-03T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T22:12:07","slug":"kansas-city-southern-railroad-engineer-accidently-shot-in-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/2020\/kansas-city-southern-railroad-engineer-accidently-shot-in-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Southern Railroad Engineer Accidently Shot in Face"},"content":{"rendered":"

DESOTO PARISH, LA \u2013 LSU Health Science Center officials report that Paul Griffin, a train engineer who worked for the Kanasas City Southern Railway Company (KCS), was shot in the face on Monday evening, December 20, while running his train down tracks in Desoto Parish.<\/p>\n

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The accident took place on the railroad tracks between Frierson and Wallace Lake Road in DeSoto Parish. Police say Griffin was shot in his lower jaw from about 400 yards away, where Larry Blair, the man who accidently shot the engineer, was reportedly sighting his gun when it went off.<\/p>\n

According to DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s deputies, Larry Blair will be charged for illegal use of a weapon.<\/p>\n

DeSoto Sheriff’s say Griffin will have to have his lower jaw reconstructed. As of now he remains in serious condition.<\/p>\n

Source:
\nKSLA News<\/a><\/p>\n

Published by FELA lawyer<\/a> news blog at Gordon &amp Elias, LLP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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