Trumbull grand jury indicts Mecca man for shooting at deputy

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Vincent Coburn

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Vincent Coburn

WARREN — A Trumbull County grand jury indicted Vincent T. Coburn Jr., the 53-year-old Mecca man accused of shooting at a deputy after a domestic dispute at his Bazetta Road home Sept. 24, on two counts of felonious assault.

One of the charges relates to his actions toward his estranged wife, Linda, and the other relates to his actions toward county Deputy Brian Kaintz.

Kaintz and other deputies were called to 6067 Bazetta Road (also known as Hoagland Blackstub Road) by Coburn’s wife, who said her husband pointed a gun at her head and threatened her.

When officers arrived, they spoke to Linda Coburn, got her away from the area, and went to the back door of the home to talk to Vincent Coburn through a locked door.

Deputies observed Vincent Coburn putting a handgun in the back of his pants, then walking to the front door, where he held a rifle.

Kaintz yelled at Coburn to put down the gun, but Coburn fired it instead, causing Kaintz and Deputy Bruce Perry to fire back, a sheriff’s report states. The report isn’t clear on which gun Coburn fired.

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