Two homeless men who attacked a man with a baseball bat called police after the victim fired two rounds from a shotgun into the air, the Coos County Sheriff's Office said.
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The sheriff said two transients - Joseph E. Killingsworth, 27, and Johnny R. Moore, 25 - reported being shot at with a shotgun.
The men had gone to a home on Stock Sough Lane with several aggressive dogs and a baseball bat and attacked a 23-year-old Coos Bay man, the sheriff said.
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Killingsworth and Moore took turns hitting the victim with the bat, causing extensive head, face and back injuries, the sheriff's office said.
In an attempt to escape after the attack, the victim grabbed a shotgun from his home and fired two rounds into the air, the sheriff said.
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The victim was taken to Bay Area Hospital by ambulance for treatmen