Man Denies Using Child As Human Shield In Fight With Police

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia man denies using his 7-year-old daughter as a human shield.
The Dominion Post reports a deputy followed a girl’s screams outside a lake house in February and spotted 42-year-old Scott Alan Shahan and his daughter offshore, on a floating dock that had been untethered.
A criminal complaint says Shahan threatened to kill himself and his daughter, jumped in the lake, got naked and fought with a deputy and a troop