A 45-year-old man being treated at a local hospital for a gunshot wound to the groin Monday was arrested after police accused him of shooting another man in Southeast Austin. Austin police say Cedric Buckhalter traded gunfire with another man. While investigators interviewed the man in the hospital, Buckhalter was dropped off at the same hospital with two gunshot wounds: one to the outside of his right hip and another in his groin, police said. Buckhalter was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and remained in jail Wednesday.

<p>A 45-year-old man being treated at a local hospital for a gunshot wound to the groin Monday was arrested after police accused him of shooting another man in Southeast Austin. Austin police say Cedric Buckhalter traded gunfire with another man. While investigators interviewed the man in the hospital, Buckhalter was dropped off at the same hospital with two gunshot wounds: one to the outside of his right hip and another in his groin, police said. Buckhalter was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and remained in jail Wednesday.</p>

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