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2 Children Among 5 Killed in Illinois Shooting

HeadlineApr 25, 2013

A shooting incident has killed five people in the small Illinois town of Manchester. A police spokesperson said two of the victims were small children.

Illinois State Lt. Col. Todd Kilby: “The victims’ ages range from a small infant to adults, or through to the adult age, with two of the victims being male children, an adult male and two adult females. There is also a female child in critical condition at an area hospital.”

It was the second time a shooting killed five people this week, following an earlier incident outside of Seattle on Monday.

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