Family plans rally for man killed in Mo. shootout against law enforcement

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- With a pair of assault convictions, several years in prison and a pending drug charge for which he failed to appear in court, Callion Lance Hamblin was clearly no saint. But that doesn't mean he deserved to die at age 32 under murky circumstances in a Southeast Missouri police shootout, relatives said as the anniversary of his death approaches.

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