Story by the Associated Press; curated by Oliver Darcy.
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KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Police say a suspect in a shooting at a FedEx center outside Atlanta that wounded six people is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
UPDATE: Suspect in shooting at FedEx center outside Atlanta dead in apparent suicide. pic.twitter.com/pWwI4ifdxA
— WSVN-TV (@wsvn) April 29, 2014
Cobb County police spokesman Michael Bowman said Tuesday the suspect is dead but police are still sweeping the package-sorting facility north of Atlanta to make sure there are no other threats.
Police say that suspected shooter at FedEx facility is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot http://t.co/D4z5komQvX pic.twitter.com/ggW4SCMt5m
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) April 29, 2014
Police have not reported any other deaths from the shootings that occurred before daybreak. Six people were taken to a local hospital, where a spokesman says one was taken into surgery with potentially critical injuries. He says several others were able to walk off ambulances when they arrived.
The suspected shooter's identity was not immediately released.
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