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1 Dead, 3 Hurt in Shooting Near California Voting Site

by VOA News

   At least one person was killed and three others were wounded Tuesday in
   a shooting near a polling site in Southern California.

   The shooting took place in the early afternoon local time in Azusa, 25
   miles (40 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, as Americans went to the
   polls to vote in a presidential election.

   Police officers responding to reports of the shooting were greeted by a
   hail of gunfire. Officers took cover and returned shots at the gunman,
   who retreated into a home, the Los Angeles Times reported. No police
   were believed to have been injured.

   Officials asked residents to avoid the area and shelter in place as two
   polling places and a middle school were placed on lockdown.

   Few other details were released about the shooting.