Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, June 3, 1995                   TAG: 9506060100
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: HARRISONBURG                                LENGTH: Short

OFFICER CLEARED IN SHOOTING OF POLICE CHIEF

A. David Broad, 41, was cleared in Rockingham County General District Court of a misdemeanor count of reckless handling of a firearm. He was charged after shooting Lawhorne once in the chest Feb. 17 with a 9 mm pistol at Lawhorne's home.

Broad subsequently was fired by Town Council. Lawhorne has recovered.

Commonwealth's Attorney Douglas T. Stark has said Broad and Lawhorne were playing quick-draw with unloaded weapons when Broad loaded his weapon and fired. Lawhorne disputed that terminology, saying he was instructing Broad on how to draw his sidearm.

- Associated Press