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September 28, 2012

Minneapolis Shooting Spree Leaves 5 Dead, Including Gunman 
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A gunman opened fire Thursday inside a Minneapolis sign-making business,
killing four people and wounding several others before turning the gun
on himself. Three others were critically wounded. There are reports the
shooter was a former employee of the business who had been laid off
earlier in the day. The tragedy follows a rash of other mass shootings
in the U.S. this year and is the latest act of violence involving a
shooter with reported financial difficulties. The laid-off employee who
killed a former co-worker outside the Empire State Building in New York
City last month was reportedly facing eviction. Two weeks before that, a
man in College Station, Texas opened fire on a constable bringing him an
eviction notice, killing two people before being fatally shot by police.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak spoke after Thursday's shootings.

R.T. Rybak: "We are deeply, deeply sorry about what has happened here.
The employees are together and being cared for and the neighborhood as I
mentioned is secure and will be returning to relative calm, but we
obviously have a horrible crime to deal with over time."

 

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