Marine Is Improving
One of two officers allegedly shot by an enlisted man Tuesday at Camp Pendleton has improved sufficiently to be transferred from a civilian trauma center to the base hospital, base officials said Wednesday.
Lt. Col. Thomas A. Heffner, who was shot in the chest with a .45-caliber pistol, was transferred to the base hospital from Palomar Medical Center in Escondido.
Heffner was shot just moments after the gunman killed Lt. Col. Daniel Kidd, officials say.
Authorities arrested Sgt. Jessie A. Quintanilla, 28, a seven-year Corps veteran.
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