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Michigan Courthouse Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, 2 Injured
Loaded on Sept. 2, 2016
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2016, page 36
Larry Darnell Gordon, 45, was being transported to a Berrien County court proceeding on July 11, 2016 when he overpowered a deputy, stole his gun and tried to take hostages during an escape attempt. Gordon fatally shot two bailiffs in the ensuing chaos and wounded a sheriff’s deputy and a ...
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