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Lodi Police Det. Eric Bradley, right, talks with other law enforcement officers at the scene of a shooting Lodi and Crescent avenues on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. The victim’s clothes lay piled at the scene were he collapsed after being shot. The victim was taken to Lodi Memorial Hospital where he later died.

By News-Sentinel Staff | Updated 6 months ago

What were the biggest stories of 2012? We've scoured our archives and reflected on the stories we covered across our beats. Here is our list of the top 10:

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