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Sens. Bob Kerrey and Jim Exon and Rep. Peter Hoagland of Nebraska asked the Justice Department to investigate whether a former Nebraska football player’s civil rights were violated when he was shot by two Omaha police officers.

Former running back Scott Baldwin, 23, was shot Sept. 5 during a scuffle with two police officers and paralyzed from the waist down. The incident happened four days after Baldwin stopped taking medication he had been required to take under a court-ordered mental health plan, Baldwin’s attorney and Coach Tom Osborne have said.