Gunman kills 3, wounds officer in Australia siege

Gunman kills 3, wounds officer in Australia siege
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Summary A gunman killed three neighbours then shot a police officer in the face during a shootout and siege.

The 39-year-old man surrendered to police after holing up in his house with an unknown number of weapons for more than seven hours in the South Australian state capital of Adelaide.Police commando unit officers found the bullet-riddled bodies of a woman and two men in a house next door to the mans suburban residence, Police Deputy Commissioner Gary Burn said. A teenager in the house was badly wounded in the shooting.The man opened fire on police responding to an emergency call from the home, hitting one officer in the face, Burn said. A second officer suffered a minor knee injury.

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