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Mesa City Council Candidate Gets in Gun Fight


(CBS 5 NEWS) - A man running for a seat on Mesa's city council says he may get a boost in the polls after getting in a gunfight with a man he claimed was a gang-banger.

Candidate J.T. Ready says he spotted a suspicious man near his car and he tailed their vehicle and called in the plates to police.

Ready says the man pulled a gun on him and fired, so he reached for his 38-Special and fired back. It turns out the suspect, Eduard Castellejo Godina was armed with a gas powered BB gun. Neither man was hit.

The suspect was arrested.

Ready is a concealed weapons instructor and a volunteer with the Minutemen citizen patrol. He's up for election in next Tuesday's city council vote.

03.10.06