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February 12, 2013

3 Killed in Shooting at Delaware Courthouse 
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In one of the latest cases of gun violence, a gunman killed two women at
a Delaware courthouse on Monday before dying in a shootout with police.
The gunman was reportedly the father of a man embroiled in a bitter
custody dispute with one of the victims. Delaware State Police Sgt. Paul
Shavack announced the shooting.

Sgt. Paul Shavack: "A lone gunman walked into the lobby area of the
county courthouse and opened fire. Update information that I can give
you is that two civilian females were killed in that shooting. Two
capital police officers were shot in the exchange of gunfire with that
gunman. Their conditions now are non-life-threatening. The gunmen is
dead inside the lobby."

 

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