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The high school feud that lasted 60 years: Man, 73, 'shot dead former classmate on his own front door' (Daily Mail)
And this old quarrel - what was the deal?The lawyer for an elderly man accused of fatally shooting a long-ago classmate in a grudge he apparently gripped for decades has entered a not guilty plea and requested a jury trial.
Carl Ericsson, 73, of Watertown, South Dakota, is charged with first-degree murder in the January 31 killing of retired Madison High School teacher and track coach Norman Johnson.
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Mr Johnson, 72, was shot twice in the face after answering the door at his house in Madison.
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more, with pictures, at link aboveDick Ericsson said in an affidavit that Ericsson was a sports manager at Madison High years ago and there was an incident in which Johnson did something to him.
'Since that time, over 50 years ago, Carl has held a grudge against Norm Johnson,' the affidavit said.
'Dick said that he brought up the name of Norm Johnson some time back and Carl was still upset about the situation and called Norm Johnson a son of a b i t c h.'
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