CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) - Gunmen in the African nation of Mauritania killed an aid worker from Tennessee during an attempted abduction.
Law enforcement officials said Christopher Leggett of Cleveland was fatally shot early Tuesday while resisting two men trying to kidnap him.
Leggett headed a school for computer science and languages.
Cleveland Rotary Club President Michael Cole told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that news of the slaying is shocking and "not something that you'd expect to happen to somebody you know."
Cole said Leggett spoke to the Rotary Club several months ago about his work in Africa.
[Information from: Chattanooga Times Free Press, http://www.timesfreepress.com and The Associated Press]
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