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Residents report tear-gas exposure from training near Marion range; supervisors say county is pursuing new range at landfill
Summary
A Smyth County resident reported that crowd-control agents used during interagency tactical training at a nearby range drifted into a residential area, causing a family to evacuate. Supervisors discussed plans to develop a county-controlled shooting range at the landfill, with grading and site work several months away.
A Smyth County resident told the Board of Supervisors that a recent law-enforcement training session using crowd-control agents forced a nearby family to evacuate and caused respiratory symptoms in a child.
"The Department of Corrections was using tear gas, and the tear gas had gotten down to their house," the resident said, describing the incident and the resulting fear and medical distress.
The complaint followed a longer public-comment exchange…
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