Jerry Coburn, 53, and Frank Schweitzer, 57, died November 3 on the sidewalk in front of their neighboring Meridian-Kessler homes. Neighbors reported that the two men got into a dispute as Coburn attempted to place a yard sign supporting Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence and Schweitzer attempted to place a yard sign supporting Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg. The argument escalated into a scuffle that had the two men fencing with their respective yard signs. Police concluded that the men must have simultaneously executed powerful thrusts with the pointed metal legs of their signs, killing both men and causing them both to fall over backward. When officers arrived on the scene the John Gregg sign was firmly planted in Coburn's front lawn through Coburn's torso, and the Mike Pence sign was firmly planted in Schweitzer's front lawn through Schweitzer's face and chest.
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