Just got word that the Pinal County Sheriff's Office will be holding a press conference at 5 p.m. down in Florence.

The subject:

Testing by the Arizona Department of Public Safety of a bloody T-shirt worn by Deputy Louie Puroll when he was shot, allegedly by dope smugglers, in the desert near Interstate 8 last April 30.

Prediction:

Little or no gunshot residue will have been found by the state crime lab on the shirt.

To Sheriff Paul Babeu and his minions, that can mean only one thing--that Deputy Puroll has been telling the truth.

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Here's our extended take of a few weeks ago, and another (the latter printed in our paper just hours ago) that suggest something quite different--that the totality of the evidence strongly suggests that the deputy's account is unbelievable.

We'll be heading down there now, and hope to be able to ask Deputy Puroll a few questions