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NJ man shoots 3, 2 fatally, before being killed

The Columbian
Published: October 1, 2010, 12:00am

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot three teenagers, two fatally, in southern New Jersey before police killed him.

Jason Laughlin, a spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, says the shootings occurred late Thursday at a home in Pennsauken, a Camden suburb.

Laughlin identified the dead as a 14-year-old, an 18-year-old and the 54-year-old gunman. He says a 16-year-old was wounded.

Authorities aren’t saying whether the shooter was related to the victims.

Laughlin says police shot the gunman after he charged a group of officers while holding a gun, a lighter and a can of gasoline.

The home where the shootings occurred also was badly burned.

Pennsauken is a town of about 35,000 people, just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia.

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