(BLE Editor’s Note: L.E. Jameson is a member of BLE Division 4 in Toledo, Ohio.)
TOLEDO, Ohio — One of several shots that were fired in the vicinity of a Norfolk Southern freight train on May 11 ended up penetrating the left shoulder of a locomotive engineer — not just grazing him, as originally reported by the Toledo Blade.
Lawrence Jameson, 40, said he was treated at St. Charles Mercy Hospital and that doctors decided against removing the bullet for the time being, given its location and the extent of surgery that would be required.
A Toledo police report states that about a half-dozen shots were heard shortly before 10 p.m. as the train moved east between Greene and Curtis streets near the Anthony Wayne Trail and City Park Avenue.
Muzzle flashes were seen on the north side of the railroad tracks. At least one of the bullets is believed to have passed through an open window before striking Mr. Jameson.