HARRISBURG — “Grab me some towels. This man’s going to bleed to death,” said Danny “Mike” Gibbs, 37, when he ripped off the victim’s shirt and saw the bullet holes.
Two wounds on the left side of the abdomen. To Gibbs, it looked like the entry and exit of one bullet, but it could’ve been two, he said. In the heat of the moment, he wasn’t sure.
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