Four-wheeler vs. 12 gauge: Police say miner shot driver

Four-wheeler vs. 12 gauge: Police say miner shot driver

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Story Published: Apr 6, 2009 at 2:50 PM PST

By Associated Press

KERBY, Ore. (AP) — A miner fired a 12-gauge shotgun and wounded a man who was part of a group people using four-wheel-drive vehicles in the woods, according to authorities in Southern Oregon.

Ronald Eugene Spears was jailed on an assault charge after a confrontation with Gregory Graybill of Gold Hill.

Graybill was reported in serious condition Monday at a Medford hospital with a wounded arm.

The incident happened on U.S. Forest Service land near U.S. 199 at the mining claim where the 61-year-old Spears lives.

The Josephine County sheriff's department says there were about half a dozen of the trucks on forest roads Sunday afternoon.

(Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.)

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