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St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) January 22, 2006

Section: Metro Edition: Third Edition
Page C5 Word count: 701

ID#: 1000474148
The Ste. Genevieve police officer who fatally shot an unarmed, mentally ill man in his home will not be prosecuted for the Nov. 3 shooting, a spokesman for Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon said Saturday. Ste. Genevieve Police Chief Dale Newman said he would not discuss details of the shooting until his office had been officially informed that Officer Michael J. Coon, 33, had been cleared of wrongdoing in the shooting of Dennis P. Heberlie III, 47.