Two men are in jail after a heated exchange at Crowfoot Grocery escalated to blows and damaged property, and ultimately gunfire.
Linn County Sheriff deputies responded at 8:35 p.m. on March 10 to a reported shooting at the store, located at 115 Central Avenue. According to the investigation, Richard Lee Taylor, 51, of Lebanon, was parked at the store with a female passenger when he was confronted by an acquaintance, Michael John Hoffman, 43, of Harrisburg.
Taylor said Hoffman broke out the drivers side window of his vehicle and struck him several times in the face. Hoffman then ran to his own vehicle. Taylor then fired at least three rounds from a 9mm pistol at Hoffmans vehicle. No one was hit or injured from the gunfire.