Nation IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Man Cleared After Hidden-Gun Killing
A Dallas grand jury cleared the first Texan to use his legally concealed handgun in a fatal shooting, declining to indict him in the death of a fellow motorist during a scuffle over a minor traffic accident. Gordon Reid Hale III, 42, of Grand Prairie, faced murder charges after fatally shooting delivery driver Kenny Tavai, 33, in the chest with a .40-caliber handgun. The two men got into an argument after Tavai’s side mirror grazed Hale’s pickup on a Dallas expressway Feb. 21. Witnesses said Hale fired after Tavai left his car and punched Hale. Tavai died shortly thereafter.
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