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Strange twist in McIver shooting case

By Craig Schneider
Oct 19, 2016

An Atlanta attorney who says he accidentally shot and killed his wife last month was charged some 25 years ago with firing a gun at a car containing three teens in DeKalb County.

A grand jury indicted Claud "Tex" McIver but prosecutors declined to pursue the 1990 case after the parties settled it privately, according to court records obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. No one was injured in the incident. But afterward McIver was charged with three counts of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm in connection with a crime, and criminal damage to property.

The latest revelations are a strange twist in a strange tale involving a well-connected Atlanta power couple. Read the full story at: http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local/tex-mciver-faced-charges-in-1990-shooting-of-teens/nssds/

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