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Police fatally shoot man in Mars Hill confrontation

by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli
6 years ago
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An unidentified man was fatally shot by police in an armed confrontation outside a Scovil Street residence in Mars Hill early Wednesday. Read more.
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