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That's when Taylor pulled out his gun and shot 43-year-old Pullum, Bernadine Pullum said.

"He shot at Jim first, then he shot Jim again while Jim was reaching in his car to get his gun. And I think that’s the one that took him," she said. "And then Jim got his (gun) and he made a couple shots."

Despite Jim Pullum's deteriorating condition his shot was accurate enough to hit Taylor, killing him, authorities said of the exchange of gunfire.

Bernadine Pullum said her daughter-in-law, who was out of the car to help wash it, ran down the road screaming in terror.

IONIA, MI -- Robert Taylor, one of two men who died Wednesday in a shootout after a driving altercation, had his concealed pistol license revoked for three years because of a drunken driving conviction.

Ionia County Prosecutor Ron Schafer today confirmed that Taylor lost his license in November 2006 after a drunken-driving conviction. He registered 0.18 on a portable breathalyzer.

But he obtained a new license in November 2010 after four years.

Both Taylor and the other victim in the shootout, 43-year-old James Pullum, had valid concealed pistol permits.

They both died after exchanging gunfire in the lot of the Wonder Wand Car Wash on South Steele Street in Ionia about 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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