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Tamoron Case

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CHUCKTOWN, Va. – An undercover Tamoon police officer shot an armed Chicago man in the parking lot of the Credit Union 1 midday yesterday, police said. Officer Elliot Mess, 29, approached David C. Jefferson, 37, while Jefferson was walking towards the bank, holding a sawed-off shotgun covered by a long box. As Mess began to confront Jefferson, Jefferson dropped the box covering and started loading the shotgun with shells, at which point Mess shot Jefferson twice with his service pistol. “I’m thinking maybe this is like a publicity stunt or a robbery gone bad, you know? I don’t actually think I’m seeing with I’m seeing,” said eyewitness Jeff Naggler, 24, a supervisor at Chucktown’s water treatment plant, who was on his lunch break at the …show more content…

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The third bullet’s location is unreported by police.
What is undisputed is that the shooting occurred at approximately 11:45 a.m. at the Credit Union 1 at 1416 Palm Grove Dr., a bustling intersection with strip malls, businesses, and a nursing home surrounding it, that also leads into a residential neighborhood. According to police, Mess handcuffed Jefferson after he shot him and then contacted Chucktown Police, who arrived at the scene, followed shortly after by paramedics.
Police have not reported why Jefferson was in Chucktown or why he was at the Credit Union 1, since Jefferson gave police the address of Wrigley Field, a Chicago baseball stadium, as his home address. Police declined to comment on this matter. Why Mess was at the Union Credit One yesterday was not reported by police, but police did say he was on duty working undercover, even though Mess is an officer in a different township. This is not the first time Mess has been involved in a public shooting as a police officer. According to the Tamoon Police Department, Mess was suspended for seven days 15 months ago without pay for "inappropriate discharge of his firearm while on

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