Ex-Colorado sheriff’s sergeant Edward Francis Oxley charged in fatal shooting near Cortez

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Ex-Colorado sheriff’s sergeant charged in fatal shooting near Cortez

A former sergeant in Colorado faces felony gun charges after shooting at a suspect in a fatal vehicle pursuit in McElmo Canyon in 2018, prosecutors said. The district attorney’s office charged former Montezuma County Sgt. Edward Francis Oxley in September with two counts of illegally discharging a firearm, The Durango Herald reported Wednesday. Oxley pleaded not guilty. The case is scheduled for trial next month. Court records said Oxley was shot at while on duty in February 2018 by Fordell Hill, a passenger in a vehicle that fled the scene of a traffic stop near Cortez, prompting a high-speed pursuit. ...

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