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SW WA Sheriff Ends Own Life

CATHLAMET, Wash. (AP) — A county spokeswoman says the sheriff of Wahkiakum (Wah-KIA'-cum) County in southwest Washington has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Spokeswoman Marsha LaFarge says Sheriff Jon Dearmore died about 5 p.m. yesterday at his home. LaFarge says the sheriff's office received a call from Dearmore's wife reporting there had been a gunshot. The 50-year-old Dearmore had been sheriff for two years and had been in law enforcement for more than 25 years.

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