Sheriff 's office terminates investigation over reaction to shooting . Louie Puroll said he was shot by suspected drug trafficker . Puroll 's firing after probe of shooting ` ` a great discredit , '' sheriff said . The Pinal County Sheriff 's Office said in October that new testing on the bullet-torn shirt Puroll was wearing on the day of the shooting had ruled out a close-range shot . ` He will appeal his firing , the department says .
Sheriff 's office terminates investigation over reaction to shooting . Louie Puroll said he was shot by suspected drug trafficker . Puroll 's firing after probe of shooting ` ` a great discredit , '' sheriff said . He will appeal his firing , the department says .