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Officials ID man killed in Modesto poker room shooting

Officials ID man killed in Modesto poker room shooting
THIS IS KCRA 3 NEWS AT NOON. [CAPTIONING SPONSORED BY SLEEP TRAIN MATTRESS CENTERS, YOUR TICKET TO A BETTER NIGHT’S SLEEP!] LISA: NEW DEVELOPMENTS NOW AFTER A SECURITY GUARD SHOT A MAN IN MODESTO OVERNIGHT. THAT MAN IS NOW DEAD. THIS HAPPENED IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE EMPIRE SPORTSMEN’S CLUB IN MODESTO AROUND 9 P.M. THAT’S ON THE CORNER OF MCHENRY AND KIERNAN AVENUES. THIS IS WHERE IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE SCENE IS NOW CLEAR. DEPUTIES SAY THE SUSPECT CHASED THE GUARD WITH A BAT BEFORE THAT GUARD OPENED FIRE. DEPUTIES FOUND THE SUSPECT BEING TREATED FOR HIS GUNSHOT WOUNDS. HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. DETECTIVES ARE NOW REVIEWING SURVEILLANCE V
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Officials ID man killed in Modesto poker room shooting
Deputies are investigating a shooting at a Modesto poker room Thursday night that left a man dead, the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department said.The shooting happened in the parking lot of the Empire Sportsmen's Club, near McHenry and Kiernan avenues. Deputies have identified the man as Alexander Wever of Ripon.According to Sgt. Joshua Clayton, deputies responded to the poker room after a reported crash and someone chasing a security guard with a bat. The sheriff’s department said on-site security shot Wever. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing. No other details were released.

Deputies are investigating a shooting at a Modesto poker room Thursday night that left a man dead, the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department said.

The shooting happened in the parking lot of the Empire Sportsmen's Club, near McHenry and Kiernan avenues. Deputies have identified the man as Alexander Wever of Ripon.

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According to Sgt. Joshua Clayton, deputies responded to the poker room after a reported crash and someone chasing a security guard with a bat.

The sheriff’s department said on-site security shot Wever. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died.

The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

No other details were released.