Gunman kills 3 in Pennsylvania
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December 23, 2012, Sunday
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A MAN fatally shot a woman decorating for a children's Christmas party at a tiny church hall and killed two men elsewhere in Pennsylvania on Friday before he was shot dead in a gunfight with state troopers.
Three troopers in patrol cars were injured in a pursuit that began after the gunman, driving a pick-up truck, fired at them, police said. One trooper injured a wrist and then was hit in the chest but was saved by a bulletproof vest.
The gunman was killed during a final exchange of gunfire after ramming his truck into another police cruiser, authorities said.
The shootings began in Frankstown Township, in central Pennsylvania, at about 9am, and investigators were processing five crime scenes within about a 2.4-kilometer radius, authorities said. Troopers were responding to an emergency services call of a shooting in the township when they heard calls reporting at least one other shooting elsewhere, state police said.
"It's going to take us some time to put this all together ... and know exactly what occurred," said Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens, deputy state police commissioner.
Authorities did not release the names of the victims or the shooter.
State police said they were still trying to piece together a timeline and motive. The gunman and the victims weren't related, Blair County District Attorney Rich Consiglio said.
Besides the woman, one man was shot at a residence, and the other man was shot at a crash site.
Three troopers in patrol cars were injured in a pursuit that began after the gunman, driving a pick-up truck, fired at them, police said. One trooper injured a wrist and then was hit in the chest but was saved by a bulletproof vest.
The gunman was killed during a final exchange of gunfire after ramming his truck into another police cruiser, authorities said.
The shootings began in Frankstown Township, in central Pennsylvania, at about 9am, and investigators were processing five crime scenes within about a 2.4-kilometer radius, authorities said. Troopers were responding to an emergency services call of a shooting in the township when they heard calls reporting at least one other shooting elsewhere, state police said.
"It's going to take us some time to put this all together ... and know exactly what occurred," said Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens, deputy state police commissioner.
Authorities did not release the names of the victims or the shooter.
State police said they were still trying to piece together a timeline and motive. The gunman and the victims weren't related, Blair County District Attorney Rich Consiglio said.
Besides the woman, one man was shot at a residence, and the other man was shot at a crash site.
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