...a 12-gauge shotgun loaded with blanks, said Capt. Ray Myers, head of the Sheriff's Training Center. Deputy Jovonda McNeil, the trainee, was standing close to the weapon and was injured when the gun fired near his left leg, the captain...

...Masters Tournament badge he found at an Augusta nightclub. In July 2001, Mr. Capobianco accidentally shot Deputy Jovonda McNeil with a shotgun loaded with blanks during training exercises in Blythe. He also was cleared in that shooting. 14-year-old...

...nation. More than 500 deputies have participated in the school-violence training since February, including Deputy Jovonda McNeil, who was seriously injured last week in a mishap. The accident led officers to stop using blanks in shotguns and...

...highly publicized police chase shooting, fired a 12-gauge shotgun loaded with blanks, Capt. Myers said. Deputy Jovonda McNeil, the trainee, was standing close to the weapon and was injured when the gun fired near his left leg, the captain...

...office Wednesday, absolves Deputy Nicholas Capobianco for firing the weapon that seriously injured fellow Officer Jovonda McNeil during school violence training July 18 at Blythe Elementary School. "Deputy Capobianco said that at no time did...

...shooter, fired a weapon in a pitch dark room. The blanks from the 12-gauge shotgun took a grisly chunk out of Deputy Jovonda McNeil's leg, sending him to the hospital for surgery. Capobianco had been assigned to be a trainer because anger in...

Jovonda McNeil had a quiet homecoming with his family Saturday after spending more than two weeks in the hospital for a shotgun wound. "Really...