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Pendleton Commanding Officer Critical of OC Shooting Probe

Col. Nicholas Marano, Commanding Officer of Camp Pendleton, has released a statement regarding the shooting death of Pendleton Marine Sgt. Manuel Levi Loggins Jr. by an Orange County Sheriff's deputy.

Earlier this week, the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (the union representing the deputy), claimed it was Loggins' own threatening behavior that caused the deputy to shot Loggins in front of his two daughters, ages 9 and 14.

But Marano is critical of this account. According to the statement:

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