(Lawrenceville, Georgia) - Retired Gwinnett County Magistrate Judge Gene Reeves Jr. who was nearly killed in the 1978 shooting that injured Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, has died at age 85. Flynt and Reeves, who was representing Flynt on porn charges, were walking to the Lawrenceville courthouse when shots rang out, leaving Flynt paralyzed. No one was ever prosecuted in the shooting.
Posted 8/10/15