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5 Dead After Calif. Shootout

Gunman, 3 victims and SWAT officer killed in overnight siege

By Caroline Zimmerman, Newser User

Posted Feb 7, 2008 3:12 PM CST

(Newser) – An overnight siege northwest of Los Angeles ended this morning when a police sniper killed a gunman responsible for wounding one SWAT officer and killing another, the Los Angeles Times reports. The man called 911 last night to report shooting three of his family members... Read full story »

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