Police cleared in 2 Granite City shootings

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GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) — A grand jury in southwestern Illinois’ Madison County has deemed justified two Granite City police shootings, including one that killed a man.

The county’s state’s attorney, Tom Gibbons, says one case involved two officers fatally shooting 45-year-old Stephen Minch of St. Charles in July after Minch allegedly pointed a gun at the officers and refused to put it down.

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