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Fri 07 Jul 1999Atlanta gunman kills 12 and himself
A 44-year-old man armed with two powerful handguns walked into two stock brokerage offices in Atlanta, Georgia yesterday afternoon, exchanged pleasantries with former colleagues, and then began shooting. Nine people were killed, and 12 others injured.
The suspect, Mr Mark O. Barton, shot himself in his van when police surrounded him at a petrol station hours later.
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