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declined to be interviewed, tells me that in this complex, there are two dead ends. because of that, there is oftentimes petty drug dealing in these courts. >> reporter: weston said thats what he suspected. but the sedan driver tells police, he was waiting here for a man to return with the cash to pay for his ride. the officer who responded notes that the 911 operator advised that weston sounded intoxicated. >> we do know at this time that he had been drinking on the night in question,...

had been drinking and pulled a gun on a man outside of has home. -- his home. >> reporter: this this police report tells two stories. one of a sedan driver, struck in the face, in this parking lot, by an intoxicated man who says hes a police officer, who later pulled and points his gun. the other, a police officer who denies pointing the weapon or striking the man, who said he suspected drug dealers in his parking lot. named as a suspect is sergeant cole weston, the head of the county ...