Sniper killed by police after shooting three people

A sniper opened fire Saturday at a rural Southern California recycling centre, wounding a worker and a deputy, then fled before being killed hours later in a shoot-out after deputies spotted him from a helicopter.

Sniper killed by police after shooting three people

A sniper opened fire Saturday at a rural Southern California recycling centre, wounding a worker and a deputy, then fled before being killed hours later in a shoot-out after deputies spotted him from a helicopter.

The helicopter pilot was wounded in the leg, but all three victims were expected to survive, Orange County sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.

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