Man hit by bullet after shots fired Wednesday morning

As of Thursday, June 7, 2012
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A bullet hit 26-year-old Marquez Young in the left leg above the ankle at about 1:50 a.m. Wednesday, stated an Albany Police Department report. Officers interviewed Young in the Phoebe Putney Hospital Emergency Center.

Young was walking on the 200 block of Whitehead Drive when a black man driving a dark Ford Mustang pulled up alongside him. The driver started a fight, police said. Young fought his way free and ran. The driver pulled a handgun and shot at Young about five times hitting him once in the leg, the report added. No information on his condition was available.

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bigbob 1 year ago

And the dumb a$$ budget commitee thimks you should cut the DOCO police in half. I really believe DOCO has the dumbest leaders anywhere. Maybe they could go to the gun show this weekend & hand out free guns & drug samples. What an embarrasment they are.

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