Mass shooting in Pennsylvania: Three injured, four including shooter killed

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Published time: December 21, 2012 18:05
Edited time: December 22, 2012 07:18

Blair County Sheriffs Deputies stand at the road block in Blair County on December 21, 2012 in Frankstown Township, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)

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Three people including a woman decorating a church have been killed after a gunman opened fire early Friday in Frankstown Township in Central Pennsylvania. After wounding three officers, the attacker was killed in a shootout with police.

The shootings started at around 9am local time. Police confirmed that the incident extended over several miles, adding that they were investigating at least five separate crime scenes.

Authorities did not release the names of the victims or the assailant, but said they were not related. State police are still trying to determine a timeline and motive of the attacker.

A woman decorating a church for the funeral of the pastor is believed to be the first victim shot. The shooter then allegedly opened fire at two men on the driveway of their home, killing one. The third victim was shot at a crash site after a car chase with police.

When the gunman encountered law enforcement, a shootout began that ended his death. Two Pennsylvania State Troopers were injured during the confrontation, with one being shot twice and a second injured by glass fragments in his eye and bullet fragments in the forehead. A third officer was injured in a car crash during the ordeal.

Blair County Sheriffs Deputies stand at the road block in Blair County on December 21, 2012 in Frankstown Township, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)

The road block seen on Juniata Valley Road in Blair County on December 21, 2012 in Frankstown Township, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)

Pennsylvania State Police spokesman Lt Colonel George Bivens (L) describes the scene of a shooting in Blair County on December 21, 2012 in Geeseytown, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)

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desimexican (unregistered) 25.12.2012 04:29

The chickens are coming home to roost AMERICA.!
What goes around comes around, Job 4:8 says, “As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.” Matthew 26:52 "Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword." The Prayers and Cries of lost Souls of the Thousands of those innocent VIETNAMESE, NICARUAGAN, HONDURAN, GUATEMALAN, ,PANAMANIAN , IRAQI, AFGHANI, men, women and children, KILLED BY AMERICAN FORCES will not go unheeded by JESUS and His Heavenly Father. The Mayans were right, The Apocalypse is coming, AMERICANS killing AMERICANS. All the POWERS of the state will be able to achieve nothing, This is the Lords Judgement. All empires come to an end. The great surprise will be the enemy came from within, AMERICAS own Gun totting CITIZENS enstead of foreign terrorists.

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shirley jones (unregistered) 24.12.2012 06:17

AMERICA was created on blood shed, mass killings the PASSENGERS aboard the MAYFLOWER were terrorist , uncivilized so why are FOLKS so shock....death an murders are celebrated.....

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Heidi (unregistered) 23.12.2012 17:56

Joshua189 (unregistered) wrote in #12
@h oemestake
That is an incredibly amazing statement on your behalf. Truly worthy of a Nobel peace prize, I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we are awestruck by your monumental display of asshattery, and racism. @Joshua 189 I suppose you don't like to read?Who owns the BIG Banking firms?Who owns the majority of BIG Corporations?Who owns Hollywood?Who owns other media outlets?Who are the majority of screen writers?Who are the majority of actors and actresses in the cesspool known as Hollywood?Who does MOST of American Foreign Aid go to?
I would say you don't know a thing about what is taking place in American society. So how about you take your 'asshattery' somewhere else and get a clue before you make such stupid statements about someone being RACIST when they state FACTS.

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