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ST. JOSEPHS, PA—A gunman fired bullets at 22nd and Fredrick streets, killing police officer Bradley Thomas Arn. The unidentified shooter injured three other citizens before being taken down by police forces.

Arn was the first officer to arrive to the scene, responding to a call that a gunman was walking down Fredrick Street shooting people. While Arn was still in his patrol car, bullets hit his back windshield seven times, striking him in the back of the head and killing him.

As the gunman stood on the porch of Calvary Baptist Church firing at passersby, he was shot and killed by an officer, whose name was not revealed. The gunman had pockets full of ammunition, and was carrying a shotgun and a knife along with his semi-automatic rifle, but no identification (police attribution). Fingerprints are being taken by police in an attempt to identify the shooter.

The shooting, at the end of the work day, met busy streets. Other injured victims include Jack Martin, 56; Valerie Sharp, 28; and firefighter Kenny Cardonier. Martin is the only one injured badly, shot in the chest, abdomen, and forearm. He is in surgery (attribution here ideal).

Arn, 27 years old, is the first St. Joseph’s officer shot in the line of duty since 1944, and the first to die since 1991, when an officer was killed by a car. “This just doesn’t happen in St. Joseph’s,” said fellow officer Conner. Arn was a husband, and a father of two 3-year old twin girls.

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