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Mar 24, 2008 10:44 am US/Mountain
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Pueblo West Man Shot Dead, Possible Self-Defense
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) ―
A Pueblo West man is dead after an early-morning shooting on Easter Sunday, but investigators said it appears to be a case of self-defense.
Pueblo County Coroner James Kramer used fingerprints to identify the man as James McCarty, 19.
Sgt. Eric Bravo said Andrew Sandoval, 24, was hosting a small party when four men showed up and attacked him. Bravo says the group left but returned later, and McCarty confronted Sandoval.
He then pulled a 9 millimeter Glock handgun and shot McCarty five times.
Bravo says Sandoval has no criminal history and has been cooperating with investigators. He has not been arrested.
Authorities say the three men who were with McCarty fled after the shooting.
Police are still looking for them.
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