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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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In Anchorage, a coroner's jury ruled the fatal shooting of 26-year-old cab driver Paul K. Gunn accidental on Friday, ending a two-day hearing. Lilburn Barbeau, charged with manslaughter, is expected to have charges dropped after the incident at his home during pistol trading.
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ANCHORAGE, (AP)—A coroner's jury Friday found the fatal shooting of Paul K. Gunn, 26-year-old taxicab driver, to have been accidental. The decision ended a two-day hearing.
Gunn was shot with a P-38 German pistol. He was from Boise, Idaho.
Lilburn Barbeau, 27, another cab driver, was charged with manslaughter prior to the coroner's jury finding. He is out on $2,500 bail. The district attorney first charged him with first degree murder but later reduced the charge. Dropping of the manslaughter charge is expected in view of the coroner's jury verdict.
The shooting was at Barbeau's home. Jack Howe, a mechanic and Barbeau were trading pistols when the P-38 went off in Barbeau's hands. Gunn dropped to the floor with the fatal wound.
Frank Jones, cab company owner, testified that Gunn, on the way to the hospital whispered to him that Barbeau was not at fault.
Barbeau told the jury earlier: "Paul's eyelids fluttered and his lips moved but there was no sound from him."
Dr. James O'Malley, city physician, testified that Gunn probably died almost instantly.
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Anchorage
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Friday
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paul k. gunn died almost instantly from a fatal gunshot wound. the shooting was ruled accidental by the coroner's jury. manslaughter charge against lilburn barbeau expected to be dropped.
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Paul K. Gunn was fatally shot with a P-38 German pistol at Lilburn Barbeau's home while Barbeau and Jack Howe were trading pistols. The gun went off in Barbeau's hands, causing Gunn to drop to the floor. The coroner's jury found the shooting accidental after a two-day hearing.