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Victim shot in later incident
Monday, February 26, 2007
Trial got underway this morning in the case of a man accused of attacking his neighbor — a case delayed when the victim in the case was shot, authorities said, in an apparent attempt to end the legal proceedings.
Louis G. Galloway, 44, is charged with breaking down the door to the New York Street apartment of Michael S. Miller, 38, and attacking the man twice and injuring him, causing broken ribs and other injuries.
The trial was originally scheduled to start Dec. 20, but it was postponed after Miller was shot six times in Ottawa and had to be hospitalized. Prosecutors have alleged that Miller’s shooting was a plot to keep Galloway’s case from moving forward.
Authorities in Franklin County have charged four people — but not Galloway — with plotting to shoot Miller, including Galloway’s sister. Galloway has maintained he had nothing to do with it.
The Ottawa shooting was not part of the trial that started today. Instead, attorneys on both sides focused on the original incident, in September 2005.
“This case is about a man who was absolutely out of control,” said Mayra Aguirre, a legal intern representing the Douglas County District Attorney’s office.
But Galloway’s attorney says he acted in self-defense after Miller attacked him twice over a misunderstanding involving an arrangement with some crack cocaine.
“Mr. Miller initiated both fights. Mr. Miller lost both fights, and then (Miller) called 911,” defense attorney Jason Billam told jurors in his opening statement.
A spokeswoman for the Franklin County Attorney’s office said of the four people charged with shooting Miller, three people are scheduled for preliminary hearing in May and another has not been set. No one else has been charged in connection with the case, she said.
Galloway also has other cases pending in Douglas County District Court.
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