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OREGON MALL SHOOTING

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This still image from video courtesy of KATU.COM shows emergency vehicles after a shooting outside the Clackamas Town Center south of Portland, Oregon. Two people were killed when a gunman wearing body armor opened fire at a mall in the western US state of Oregon, witnesses and local media reported. At least one other person was shot in Clackamas, south of Portland, according to The Oregonian newspaper, reporting a man brandishing a semiautomatic rifle near a branch of Macy's department store. AFP PHOTO / KATU.COM == PORTLAND OUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / KATU.COM" / NO SALES / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==-/AFP/Getty Images AFP/Getty Images

    Emergency vehicles filled the Clackmas Town Center south of Portland, Ore., after a masked gunman wearing camouflage opened fire Dec. 11 in a busy mall, leaving the gunman and two others dead.

    Police: Gunman had no connection to the two people he fatally shot.

    Oregon mall shooting

    This still image from video courtesy of KATU.COM shows emergency vehicles after a shooting outside the Clackamas Town Center south of Portland, Oregon. Two people were killed when a gunman wearing body armor opened fire at a mall in the western US state of Oregon, witnesses and local media reported. At least one other person was shot in Clackamas, south of Portland, according to The Oregonian newspaper, reporting a man brandishing a semiautomatic rifle near a branch of Macy's department store. AFP PHOTO / KATU.COM == PORTLAND OUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / KATU.COM" / NO SALES / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==-/AFP/Getty Images

    Emergency vehicles filled the Clackmas Town Center south of Portland, Ore., after a masked gunman wearing camouflage opened fire Dec. 11 in a busy mall, leaving the gunman and two others dead.

    Police: Gunman had no connection to the two people he fatally shot.

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    A law enforcement official secures the scene after a shooting at Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire at the shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd)

    A law enforcement official secured the scene after the shooting.

    Thomas Boyd/Associated Press
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    A police officer conducts interviews with mall patrons outside the Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Bruce Ely) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT

    A police officer conducted interviews with patrons outside the mall.

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    Emergency personnel stage an area outside the Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., where a shooting occurred, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Witnesses say the scene went from cheery to chaotic in seconds when a gunman opened fire in the suburban Portland shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd)

    Witnesses said the scene went from cheery to chaotic in seconds when a gunman opened fire in the suburban Portland shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another.

    Thomas Boyd/Associated Press
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    Macy's employees are staged across the street from the Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Witnesses say the scene went from cheery to chaotic in seconds when a gunman opened fire in the suburban Portland shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd)

    Macy's employees were staged across the street from the mall.

    Thomas Boyd/Associated Press
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    Mall workers and shoppers wait to be cleared to leave REI at Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., where a shooting occurred Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire at the suburban Portland shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another as people were doing their Christmas shopping, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd)

    Mall workers and shoppers waited to be cleared to leave REI.

    Thomas Boyd/Associated Press
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    Law enforcement personnel work the scene of a shooting at the Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT

    Law enforcement personnel worked the scene of a shooting at the Clackamas Town Center.

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    A tactical team moves through the mall parking lot at Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Witnesses say the scene went from cheery to chaotic in seconds when a gunman opened fire in the suburban Portland shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd)

    A tactical team moved through the mall parking lot.

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    Police exit the Clackamas Town Center shopping mall in Portland, Oregon, December 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the Oregon shopping mall on Tuesday in the middle of the busy Christmas season, killing at least two people, critically wounding a young woman and terrorizing holiday shoppers before shooting himself to death, police said. The afternoon shooting rampage at the crowded Clackamas Town Center in the Portland suburb of Happy Valley touched off panic inside the mall, sending thousands of shoppers streaming out as police and fire crews arrived on the scene. REUTERS/Steve Dipaola (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW BUSINESS)

    Police exit the Clackamas Town Center shopping mall in Portland, Ore., where a gunman opened firein the middle of the busy Christmas season, killing at least two people, critically wounding a young woman and terrorizing holiday shoppers before shooting himself to death, police said.

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    Law enforcement personnel work the scene of a shooting at the Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire in a Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding an unknown number of others, sheriff's deputies said. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Bruce Ely) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT

    Law enforcement personnel worked the scene of the shooting.

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    Onlookers observe the scene outside Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas, Ore., where a shooting occurred Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding an unknown number of others, sheriff's deputies said. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Bruce Ely) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT

    Onlookers observed the scene outside the shopping mall.

    Bruce Ely/Associated Press
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    Police and medics outside the scene of a multiple shooting at Clackamas Town Center Mall in Clackamas, Ore., Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman is dead after opening fire in the Portland, Ore., area shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another, sheriff's deputies said. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens)

    Police and medics outside the scene of the multiple shooting at Clackamas Town Center Mall.

    Greg Wahl-Stephens/Associated Press
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    A still image taken from video courtesy of KATU-TV shows Portland police officers at a shooting scene at Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Oregon, December 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside an Oregon shopping mall on Tuesday in the middle of the busy Christmas shopping season, killing at least two persons before the shooter was "neutralized," police said. REUTERS/KATU-TV/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW BUSINESS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. MANDATORY CREDIT

    Police officers surveyed the scene outside the mall.

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    A still image taken from video courtesy of KATU-TV shows first responders at a shooting scene at Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Oregon, December 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside an Oregon shopping mall on Tuesday in the middle of the busy Christmas shopping season, killing at least two persons before the shooter was "neutralized," police said. REUTERS/KATU-TV/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW BUSINESS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. MANDATORY CREDIT

    A still image taken from video on KATU-TV shows first responders at the Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., on Dec. 11.

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    An Oregon State police car leaves the parking lot where a gunman opened fire at the Clackamas Town Center shopping mall earlier in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Police say three people are dead, including the gunman. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

    An Oregon State Police car left the parking lot of the mall.

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    A couple removes police tape from their car after they were cleared to leave Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Witnesses say the scene went from cheery to chaotic in seconds when a gunman opened fire in the suburban Portland shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd)

    A couple removed police tape from their car after they were cleared to leave Clackamas Town Center.

    Thomas Boyd/Associated Press
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    Clackamas County Sheriffs Sgt. Adam Phillips speaks during a news conference outside the Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. A gunman opened fire in the suburban Portland shopping mall Tuesday, killing two people and wounding another as people were doing their Christmas shopping, authorities said. (AP Photo/Statesman-Journal, Thomas Patterson)

    Clackamas County Sheriff’s Sergeant Adam Phillips spoke during a news conference outside the Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore.

    Thomas Patterson/Associated Press
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