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Florida Man Who Shot Movie-Theater Texter Was Also Texting

By Joe Coscarelli

The 71-year-old retired police officer on trial for killing a man in a movie theater after an argument about phone use during the previews had himself sent a message “moments before the incident,” according to new court documents.

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