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Police: Shandon shooter was wearing explosives, left gas on in home

by Chris Abbotts

Posted: 04.28.2011 at 3:00 PM Updated: 04.29.2011 at 7:00 AM

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More details are emerging about the man who was killed Wednesday after coming out of a Shandon home firing an AK-47 at officers. Officials say 22-year-old Blakely Jernigan was wearing homemade explosives when he emerged from the rental house. They also say they found another AK-47 along with other weapons inside the home as well as marijuana and cocaine. Investigators also say Jernigan's girlfriend was found passed out in a bathtub.

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