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95099
COURTHOUSE SHOOTING
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
VO/NAT
7/20/1992
32:31
:50
CHICAGO
DEAD BODY ON THE GROUND, POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATING...
A SHOOTING AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN CHICAGO HAS LEFT THREE PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING THE ALLEGED GUNMAN. THE FBI SAYS A MAN WHO WAS ON TRIAL FOR EIGHT BANK ROBBERIES SHOT AND KILLED A FEDERAL MARSHAL AND A SECURITY GUARD BEFORE KILLING HIMSELF. THE F-B-I SAYS 34-YEAR-OLD JEFFREY ERICKSON SLIPPED FREE OF HIS HANDCUFFS IN A COURTHOUSE GARAGE AND WRESTLED THE GUN FROM A FEDERAL MARSHAL. ERICKSON WAS BEING TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER WHEN THE SHOOTING OCCURRED. HE'D HAD JUST SAT THROUGH THE SIXTH DAY OF HIS TRIAL. OFFICIALS SAY ERICKSON WAS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER IN SUBURBAN HOFFMAN ESTATES.
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