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Multiple People Shot at Municipal Building Outside Pittsburgh Man Shoots 4 People Outside Pennsylvania Court, Then Is Killed by Police
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Multiple people were shot inside a judge’s office in a municipal building south of Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon, a state police spokesman said. A man walked into a municipal building south of Pittsburgh on Wednesday and shot four people — including a police sergeant — before a police officer fatally shot him outside a courtroom where the gunman was to appear for a hearing in a domestic violence case, the authorities said.
The suspect was taken into custody, said the spokesman, Trooper Robert Broadwater. Around 2 p.m., the gunman, whose name was not immediately released, walked into the lobby of the Masontown Borough Municipal Center and began shooting a handgun, said Richard Bower, the district attorney of Fayette County. A police sergeant “engaged” the gunman and was shot, Mr. Bower said. The gunman then shot two men and one woman, Mr. Bower said.
No further information was immediately available on the shooting, which took place in the Masontown Borough Municipal Center and was reported about 2 p.m. Masontown is about 50 miles south of Pittsburgh. A police officer then entered the lobby and shot the gunman multiple times, killing him, Mr. Bower said.
Local media reports said that the 911 dispatcher had received reports of at least four people injured at the office of Magisterial District Judge Daniel Shimshock. All four shooting victims were taken to hospitals with what Lt. Steven C. Dowlin of the Pennsylvania State Police said were nonlife-threatening injuries.
The borough building houses tax, judicial and other government authorities, Trooper Broadwater said. The municipal building is home to judicial offices, such as that of District Judge Daniel Shimshock, who was hearing cases. Lieutenant Dowlin said neither the judge nor the judge’s staff members were targeted in the attack.
Mr. Bower said the gunman had been scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday on charges including strangulation, aggravated assault and terroristic threats in connection with a domestic dispute that occurred a few weeks ago.
The authorities would not say whether the woman injured in the shooting was a target and deflected questions about the gunman’s motive. They also would not discuss the gunman’s criminal history.
The shooting took place in the epicenter of Masontown, which is about 50 miles south of Pittsburgh and has a population of about 3,300.
Trooper Robert Broadwater said “mass shootings” like the one on Wednesday were becoming “far too common.”
“It’s getting out of hand,” he said.