Fraudster ordered son to shoot him in the legs to avoid jail in Oregon

A man was attacked and wounded on the side of a road the day before he was to report to prison for a mortgage-fraud scheme in Oregon.

Fraudster ordered son to shoot him in the legs to avoid jail in Oregon

Shannon Egeland told police he had stopped to help a pregnant motorist when he was hit in the head and shot.

That story was false, but the truth was equally bizarre.

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