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US shootings 'cause fatalities' US shootings 'cause fatalities'
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A lone gunman has killed and injured a number of people in central Virginia, police in the US state say.A lone gunman has killed and injured a number of people in central Virginia, police in the US state say.
They say more than 100 police officers have surrounded a suspect in a wooded area just outside of Appomattox. They say more than 100 police officers have surrounded the suspect in a wooded area just outside of Appomattox.
The violence began shortly after noon on Tuesday when an injured man was found on a rural stretch of road, the Associated Press reports. The violence began shortly after noon on Tuesday local time when an injured man was found on a rural stretch of road, the Associated Press reports.
Police say when that officers responded to the incident, they were fired upon. A police helicopter that responded to the incident was fired on and forced to land with a ruptured fuel tank.
The officers were not injured.
It is not known what prompted the shootings.