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Shooting at Pittsburgh Gym Leaves 5 Dead

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(Newser) – A gunman opened fire tonight at a fitness center near Pittsburgh, leaving five people dead. The shooter is believed to be among the victims, reports the Post-Gazette. About a dozen more people were wounded. Police say the gunman walked to the back door of the LA Fitness Center in Collier, Pa., and began shooting. "I saw people flying off the treadmills, hitting the ground" for cover, one witness told the newspaper. "We crawled through the fire escape and I sprinted out the back."

"It was panic," said another person in the gym. "Then we realized it was gunfire. Once the shooting started, everybody started running."

Police officers stand at the front door of the gym.
Police officers stand at the front door of the gym.   (AP Photo/Tribune Review, Joe Appel)
Patrons stand in the parking lot outside of LA Fitness after a reported shooting at the health club on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009.
Patrons stand in the parking lot outside of LA Fitness after a reported shooting at the health club on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009.   (Joe Appel/Tribune-Review)
Emergency workers help a woman from the back of an ambulance.
Emergency workers help a woman from the back of an ambulance.   (AP Photo/Tribune Review, Joe Appel)
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It_Smells_Funky.
Aug 4, 09 9:50 PM CDT
what has the world come to, shooting in gyms? this deeply, deeply upsets me, oh god. Reply
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nikkibong
Aug 4, 09 10:05 PM CDT
i agree, funky.... this societal sickness (mass shootings) is just incredibly upsetting.
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Kookey90
Aug 5, 09 12:56 AM CDT
I agree with you; it sounds like no public place is safe anymore. Can you imagine people going to the gym to improve their health and lifestyles and get death instead - real sad.
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Fondue
Aug 4, 09 10:02 PM CDT
'Roids is bad. Too bad the coward offed himself. We'll never know if he was freaking out over his boyfriend/girlfriend cheating, or if he was his steroids. Reply
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Fondue
Aug 5, 09 9:45 AM CDT
According to a recent update, it turns out the guy was lonely.
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