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$2 Million Awarded In Wrongful Death

After Jack "Steve" Cornejo was shot to death outside a Fair Oaks apartment during a fight in 2005, Fairfax County authorities decided the gunman acted in self-defense and let him go without charges.
- By Tom Jackman

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***Gotwalt said he struck Cornejo in the head with the gun and as they wrestled on the ground, the gun went off and hit Cornejo in the back.*** Yea, Right!!! I believe the other neighbor, Gotwalt cowardly shot Cornejo in the back.... Garnish his wages to collect on that 2 million dollars!!!

By joejack65 | Mar 16, 2007 6:08:15 AM | Request Removal

Wow. I had to ban Brandon from my house after starting a fight with my friend Jesse. He literally stormed upstairs, opened my bedroom door, and began choking Jesse. There are 3 witnesses to this myself, my wife, my friend who helped me pull them apart, and Jesse himself. None of this is a surprise to me.

By clint | Mar 16, 2007 11:08:35 AM | Request Removal

clint, sound to me like Brando is one hell-of-a-gay... Errr.. I mean guy.. did you people, by chance, call the police to lodge a complaint? probably not and look where it went. oh well, life sucks and then a Cornejo dies..

By joejack65 | Mar 16, 2007 1:46:57 PM | Request Removal

This guy, Brandon Gotwalt, started a fight with me at a party at a friends house about 1.5 years ago. It was basically a drunken fit of jealousy over his girlfriend, who was a long time friend of mine at the time. It was her point of view at the time that he was a troubled individual, due to his past experiences, and that his irrational behavior that night was based on something other than solely his jealousy and drunkenness. I find all of this very compelling in light of the neighbors previously unheard account of the shooting. Jesse Byrd

By jessebyrd1978 | Mar 16, 2007 6:12:23 PM | Request Removal

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