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Ill. Gunman Opens Fire in Store

Tragic

Shootout ends when he turns gun on self.

A man walked into a farm supply store in Macomb, Illinois, Wednesday afternoon and opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon. While some shoppers escaped, an unknown number of customers and employees were held hostage. Five hostages, four adults and a small child, were released during the standoff, in which the SWAT team was summoned. The incident ended when the shooter, 19-year-old Jonathan Labbe, turned the gun on himself.

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