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Three dead in Kansas City shootings | Three dead in Kansas City shootings |
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Three people, including a man and his grandson, have been shot dead at a Jewish community site and a retirement home in Kansas City in the US Midwest. | |
The shootings occurred at the Jewish Community Campus at Overland Park and a nearby assisted living centre, Village Shalom, local media said. | The shootings occurred at the Jewish Community Campus at Overland Park and a nearby assisted living centre, Village Shalom, local media said. |
Police said a suspect, a bearded white man in his 70s, was in custody. | |
A local hospital said it was treating a teenage boy for a gunshot wound and that he was in a critical condition. | A local hospital said it was treating a teenage boy for a gunshot wound and that he was in a critical condition. |
Two victims were named by relatives as Dr William Lewis Corporan and his 14-year-old grandson, Reat Griffin Underwood. | |
They were killed in the car park of the Jewish Community Campus. They were both Christian. | |
A third, female victim was shot dead at Village Shalom, a retirement home several streets away from the community centre. | |
President Barack Obama called the shootings "heartbreaking" and pledged the full support of the federal government. | |
'Heil Hitler' | |
Local TV stations broadcast footage of police arresting a suspect at the scene. | Local TV stations broadcast footage of police arresting a suspect at the scene. |
The man appeared to shout "Heil Hitler" from the back of a police car. | The man appeared to shout "Heil Hitler" from the back of a police car. |
Police said the suspect was not from the area, and that he used a shotgun in the attacks. | |
They are trying to establish whether he used other weapons in addition. | |
The attack took place just before the Jewish festival of Passover, but police have declined to say whether the incident is linked to anti-semitism. |