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Elkhart Officer Involved in Shooting

Updated: Mon 7:37 PM, Jan 22, 2007
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Police investigate an Elkhart shooting that occured Sunday morning.

Police investigate an Elkhart shooting that occured Sunday morning.

At this hour a shooting that involved an Elkhart police officer remains under investigation.

Police say 31-year-old Gerald "Joe" Cooley of South Bend was shot at a home on West Jefferson in Elkhart early Sunday morning.

Police say officer Mike Davis shot Cooley after police responded to a domestic disturbance at the home.

Cooley died at the hospital.

Davis is on paid leave, which is standard procedure, while the investigation continues.


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