Family of murdered hostage speaks in court as Roseville shooter gets life sentence

It’s been nearly three years since James and Patricia MacEgan went out for a stroll on a warm spring afternoon in a field near Mahany Park in Roseville.

The couple, who had been married for 50 years, didn’t know a gunman would take them hostage while trying evade police after a shootout in the crowded neighborhood park.

“It was like a shootout in the Wild West,” Patricia MacEgan said Wednesday in a Placer County courtroom. “Something you’d see on television; not our local park.”…

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