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Victor Hill ends shooting saga with clean record

Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill’s year-long saga in Gwinnett County is finally over after he pleads nolo contendere in last year’s accidental shooting of a female friend in Gwinnett County.
Hill received 12 months of probation and a $1,000 fine for the misdemeanor reckless conduct charge resulting from the incident last May in which he used his service weapon instead of a training gun to demonstrate a police tactic for Gwenevere McCord. The gun discharged wounding McCord.
Gwinnett District Attorney Porter says while there are still questions regarding how the guns were switched, he doesn’t think the shooting was intentional.
“Ms. McCord, the victim, from the very beginning and through the grand jury process, has asked me not to proceed at all which I did not feel I could do under the facts of the case,” he tells WSB’s Sandra Parrish.
Porter did consult with Gwinnett County’s Solicitor’s Office as well as other solicitors before agreeing to the sentence, saying it is what any ordinary citizen with no record would face if charged with a similar crime.
Hill’s attorney Mike Puglise says because of an agreement reached in court, his client’s probation was satisfied by his payment of the fine.  Under Georgia’s First Offender Act, he also keeps a clean record.

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