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Shootings Leave Several Dead In West Virginia And Nevada

As details come in about a shooting this morning in Carson City, Nev., that authorities are now saying left at least three people dead and at least six others wounded, there's word from West Virginia that as many as five people were shot and killed in Morgantown on Monday.

The suspect in the West Virginia killings is believed to have later fled to Kentucky and killed himself. The suspect in Nevada, the local sheriff says, shot himself and may not survive.

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