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Police Kill Shooting Suspect in Upstate NY

HeadlineMar 15, 2013

Police in upstate New York, meanwhile, have killed a man suspected of shooting four people dead and wounding two others during a shooting spree at a barbershop and car wash. Officers traced the suspect, Kurt Myers, to an abandoned commercial building in the village of Herkimer, New York. State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico described what happened on Thursday.

Joseph D’Amico: “This morning, joint teams from the FBI and the New York state police tactical teams, shortly before 8 a.m., entered the location with canines as part of the team. And somewhere on the first floor of the location, the gunman began to shoot at the tactical team, struck one of the canines, and fire was returned and exchanged with the gunman from one of the tactical teams. And at that time, the male, Kurt Myers, was shot and killed inside the location.”

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