OSU frat must pay homeless man shot by member

OSU frat must pay homeless man shot by member

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By Associated Press

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — A jury has awarded about $41,000 in damages to a homeless man who was shot by an Oregon State University fraternity member in 2006.

Dennis Sanderson was in an alley behind the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity in Corvallis looking through a trash container when he was shot by a frat member who claimed he was shooting at the container.

The fraternity member, Joshua Grimes, pleaded guilty to assault and unlawful use of a weapon charges in 2007 for shooting Sanderson with a .22 caliber rifle.

Sanderson's attorney had argued the national fraternity was negligent but the jury rejected that claim. But the jury said the frat and Grimes are responsible for the damages.

(Copyright 2009 The Associated Press)

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