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BASTROP — New year celebrations in Bastrop hospitalized one resident with an unexpected gunshot wound.This year, The Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office received 47 calls for service concerning celebratory gunfire. The increase in reports is common for the holiday, as locals fire into the air without concern for the outcome, according to the office.At 12:14 a.m., Jan. 1, operators received a call from the Riddle Road area reporting that an individual had been shot outside his residence, according to Sheriff Maurice Cook.The investigating deputies found that the person received a gunshot wound to the upper part of his back, in the ...

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