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Man shoots himself inside Alabama federal courthouse
By The Associated Press
This article was published December 13, 2012 at 11:54 a.m.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Police in Alabama say an employee is dead after shooting himself inside a federal courthouse.
Birmingham Police Sgt. Johnny Williams said an unidentified worker pulled out a weapon and shot himself once in the head about 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
No one else was harmed and Williams said there wasn’t a threat to anyone else in the building.
Williams said the shooting happened in a first-floor clerk’s office. He said the man apparently was able to get the weapon inside because he worked in the building. Visitors are normally required to go through metal detectors.
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