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| 'Eight die' in Virginia shootings | |
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| Eight people are reported to have been killed by a lone gunman in the US state of Virginia. | |
| The death toll was given by a law enforcement official on condition of anonymity, the Associated Press says. | |
| State police had earlier said that there were multiple fatalities, and that a suspect was surrounded just outside the town of Appomattox. | |
| It was not immediately known what prompted the shootings, which began just after noon on Tuesday local time. | |
| It began after an injured man was found on a rural stretch of road, the Associated Press reports. | |
| A police helicopter that responded to the incident was fired on and forced to land with a ruptured fuel tank. | A police helicopter that responded to the incident was fired on and forced to land with a ruptured fuel tank. |
| The officers on board were not injured. | The officers on board were not injured. |
| Police said at a media briefing that officers from across the state had been brought in to the area. | Police said at a media briefing that officers from across the state had been brought in to the area. |
| "We have him [the gunman] contained, we're fairly sure of that," they said. | "We have him [the gunman] contained, we're fairly sure of that," they said. |
| A number of people living in the sealed-off wooded area have been evacuated. | |
| It is not known what prompted the shootings. | It is not known what prompted the shootings. |
| Appomattox is about 160km (100 miles) south-west of Virginia's capital Richmond. | Appomattox is about 160km (100 miles) south-west of Virginia's capital Richmond. |
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