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Police close in on Sequim homicide suspect

The Columbian
Published: February 21, 2012, 4:00pm

SEQUIM, Wash. (AP) — Officers looking for a suspect in two homicides in the Sequim (skwim) area have surrounded a building at an apartment complex in Port Angeles.

Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict told the Peninsula Daily News (http://is.gd/KkSljT ) Washington State Patrol negotiators have John Francis Loring on the phone.

Residents of the apartment complex have been evacuated.

The 45-year-old Loring is suspected of shooting 19-year-old David Randle on Tuesday morning at a home. Loring also is suspected in the death of a 65-year-old man whose body was found Tuesday afternoon.

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Information from: Peninsula Daily News, http://www.peninsuladailynews.com

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