Police say the Marine who killed one police officer and wounded another
in a shootout in Stanislaus County was a gang member. Investigators
also say Lance Corporal Andres Raya was on cocaine when he fired on
police outside a liquor store in the town of Ceres. Detectives are
discounting a theory that Raya started the shootout because he did not
want to return to Iraq, saying that Raya was not scheduled to be
re-deployed and did not see any combat on his previous service. Raya's
family denies that he was in a gang and insists that his seven months
in Iraq changed him. [more]
Police Kill Marine Who Started Gunfight
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