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The AP is reporting that a sniper went on a shooting spree in Moscow, Idaho. He fired rounds into the local courthouse, fatally killing a police officer. He then proceeded to a church where he fatally shot the caretaker before taking his own life. A sheriff’s deputy and civilian were also wounded.

MOSCOW, Idaho - A sniper sprayed dozens of bullets on a courthouse, killing a police officer and wounding a sheriff’s deputy and a civilian, then apparently killed a caretaker and himself Sunday in a nearby church, police said.

Investigators believe the shooter deliberately fired into an emergency dispatch center inside the Latah County Courthouse late Saturday to lure people into the line of fire. The officer was killed as he rushed to the courthouse, and the deputy helped pull the officer out of the way before being shot, said David Duke, Moscow’s assistant police chief.

Shortly after 6 a.m., three SWAT teams entered the First Presbyterian Church and found the bodies of the shooter and another man, Duke said. An assault rifle, ammunition and spent shells were found next to the gunman’s corpse, he said.

The sniper has not been identified.