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Two Men OpenFire From Vanto witnesses, a mint green f ord van with darkenedcorninaround asking for helpHelp me, help me.WOUNDED -wounded thisarm* nf securityAsJinurnSAN ANTONIO. Texa* lt;AP An assistant U S attorney was slightly injured lihls mom ing when two mm opened fire from the back of a van and shattered hi* windshield James W Kerr Jr , ». waa driving to work through Alamo Hetahts about Dam when, acnwindows pulled away from the curb in front of him in this Northeast San Antonio suburb Kerr told police he saw the back door rly open and the guns appear He hit the seat asDEL HID AND VICINITY Cloudy and cool lhu afternoon and tonight with intermittent light rain or dmile, mostly cloudy and not quite so cool with a chance of rain Wednesday. Probability of rain. 50 percent this afternoon. 50 per* cent tonight and 20 percent Wednesday Winds from the east northeast at 10 to IS this afternoon will become 5 to 10 mile* per hour tonight Overnight low* in the 50s. high Wed nesday in the upper 60s Low this morning, S3 Rainfall by 6 a m , us of an inchTime of sunset. S 46 pm Time of »unnse.7:13a mWtakhtrD»l Riothe assailants opened fire Police found 19 holes in the car. IS from an automatic weapon. Assistant Alamo Heights Police Chief Roger Terry said He said 30-caliber carbine casings were found at the scene and police believe a shotgun was also used Kerr was rushed to Southwest Teias Methodist Hospital where he received treatment for minor cuts and abrasions on the face and hands, a hospital spokesman said The U S attorney s office said Kerr was handling drug conspiracy cases, most of them in the El Paso area, the past several months However, he is now back onduty fan San An to moKerr got out of his new Lincoln Continental and stumbledMM.Please call the police. ullian Haley quoted Kerr as sayingAnother woman noticed him with blood all over his face and hands She recognized him as a neighbor She said he seemed nervous and refused to sit down.Police were searching for the van. which witnesses said flednorth.The US attorney's office said they did not know if Kerr had been threatened recently. They said he had been the lead prosecutor in major narcotic cases in the past He was also working on some gambling cases in West Texas U S Deputy Marshall Jackn in chAssistant U.S. Attorney James W Imorning in San Antonio, served the
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Del Rio News Herald
Del Rio, Texas, US
Tue, Nov 21, 1978
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