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HUNTINGTON — Two former Cabell County politicians have been indicted again, after the original indictment was tossed, in the 2019 shooting of a man who was left paralyzed. ....
HUNTINGTON â Indictments returned last year against two former Cabell County politicians have been dismissed due to what a judge ruled as an improper presentment of evidence to jurors. Thomas McCallister, a former Huntington City Council member and mayoral candidate, was indicted last year on charges of malicious assault and use of a firearm during commission of a felony, and his brother, Johnny McCallister, a retired Cabell County magistrate, was charged with wanton endangerment involving a firearm. The investigation into the men began April 27, 2019, after police were dispatched to a shots-fired call around 4 p.m. in the 400 block of West 3rd Street in Huntington. The shooting victim, Ron McDowell Jr., said two men, believed to be the McCallisters, were holding him at gunpoint, lead investigator Andre Jackson said during Thomas McCallisterâs preliminary hearing in May 2019. ....
HUNTINGTON â Two former Huntington politicians indicted in a 2019 shooting that left a man paralyzed asked Chief Cabell Circuit Court Judge Gregory Howard to dismiss those indictments due to a âfundamentally unfairâ presentation to the grand jury. Thomas McCallister, a former Huntington City Council member and mayoral candidate, was indicted in September on charges of malicious assault and use of a firearm during commission of a felony, and his brother, Johnny McCallister, a retired Cabell County magistrate, was charged with wanton endangerment involving a firearm. The investigation into the men began April 27, 2019, after police were dispatched to a shots-fired call around 4 p.m. in the 400 block of West 3rd Street in Huntington. The shooting victim, Ron McDowell Jr., said two men, believed to be the McCallisters, were holding him at gunpoint, lead investigator Andre Jackson said during Thomas McCallisterâs preliminary hearing in May 2019. ....
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