Gunman leaves two dead, including himself: An unidentified gunman, who authorities believe acted alone, opened fire with two semi-automatic handguns at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic this afternoon. During the 15-20 minute ordeal, the man shot and killed one person, and wounded seven others before being killed by return fire from police. source
Also on our radar tonight: Shots were reportedly fired near the White House tonight. Details still coming out, but the gun recovered (after a car chase) was an AK-47. The president was not at the White House this evening — he was in North Carolina California for the Carrier Classic, an NCAA basketball game taking place on a freaking boat.
EDIT: Via our friend inothernews, here’s a Washington Post story on the incident. Also, we mixed up a detail on the basketball game. Apologies.
More: Richmond Times-Dispatch | Reuters
The 2007 shooting there was one of my least favorite days in a long time. Fingers crossed that this isn’t too bad. Fortunately it’s August. We’ll be keeping an eye on this.
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