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Bullets from ’99 attack removed from LA man’s head

LOS ANGELES -- For a decade, the bullet in Jorge Acevedo's skull reminded him that he had nearly lost his life and his dream of becoming a police officer.

Now the reminder is gone. Acevedo, brain-damaged and partially paralyzed by the Christmas Day 1999 shooting, had the bullet removed last week by a neurosurgeon after it began protruding from his skull. The surprised surgeon also found a second bullet of a different caliber.

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