Gun-Show Accident Claims 1 at Fairgrounds Jax Man Killed by Own Shotgun While Unloading Gear for Weekend Show
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A3 + PLUS >> Bar Rescue gets thumbs up from Phish Tales, Story below LOCAL wGOLF STEM camp Strong finish for at Summers Barber at Travelers See Page 2A See Page 1B TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM CITY MANAGER RACE ENDS ABRUPTLY 3A downtown landscape changing Gun-show accident claims 1 at fairgrounds Jax man killed by own shotgun while unloading gear for weekend show. By CARL MCKINNEY [email protected] A double-barrel shotgun discharged by accident outside a local gun show Friday afternoon, killing a Jacksonville man, dep- uties say. Ronald Mark Morrison, 60, was hold- ing a black suitcase and telling a witness to call 911 after a loud bang resonated through the county fairgrounds, accord- ing to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office report. Morrison, a vendor at the Saturday - ROBERT BRIDGES/Lake City Reporter Sunday event, dropped the bag and fell to the ground, face down. ABOVE: Demolition began on a two story Witnesses flipped him over and saw brick building in downtown Lake City on blood coming from a hole in his chest. Sunday. The project manager, Stephen Deputies responded at 1:48 p.m., as Roberts, said 154 NE Veterans St. was the Morrison clung to life. future site for additional parking to access Medical units transported him to an businesses and restaurants nearby. The city area hospital, and he either died there acquired the property in its initial propos- or en route, said CCSO spokesperson als for construction to The Blanche Hotel Murray Smith. renovation project. LEFT: Demolition con- No one else was injured and no mem- tinued on Monday. See story, Page 6A bers of the public were present. COREY ARWOOD/Lake City Reporter ACCIDENT continued on 2A Philip Crenshaw, Bar Rescue gets thumbs up from Phish Tales front left, Toni Sunday night’s episode was no featuring a long time Lake City bar continued,” depending, she said, on Crenshaw, front hatchet job on eatery or family. and grill land the approval of the own- the final product. right, and James ers? Monday she gave the episode the Crenshaw show off By COREY ARWOOD Before the show aired, one member collective Crenshaw green light. the new menu at [email protected] of Phish Tales’ husband-wife team, “All in all I’m OK with it. Philip is Phish Tales in this Toni Crenshaw, wasn’t sure what to OK with it. James is OK with it,” said file photo from Did Bar Rescue tell a whale of a expect. January. 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A PILT is made to a government Low Monday 73 Sunset today 8:36 p.m. 13 brought to entity to compensate for property tax revenue lost due to the tax exempt owner- Normal high 90 Sunrise tom. 6:32 a.m. ExtremeEXTREME: our readers 10 minutes to burn ship or use of property. Normal low 71 Sunset tom. 8:36 p.m. 20 mins to burn by Record high 102 in 1950 Today’s Record low 60 in 1985 MOON ultra-violet The Weather radiation risk Moonrise today 7:24 p.m. for the area on Channel. PRECIPITATION Moonset today 5:23 a.m. show when the weapon dis- the action and disables the a scale from 0 Monday 0.00" Moonrise tom. 8:15 p.m. to 10+. ACCIDENT charged. firearm while it’s being han- Month total 14.38" Moonset tom.