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12-year-old fatally shot, man wounded at Florida gas station

DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man fatally shot a 12-year-old boy and wounded another man before turning the gun on himself inside a South Florida gas station. Broward Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of gunfire at a 7-Eleven in Dania Beach late Thursday night. Sheriff’s officials say the boy and the shooter both died at the scene, and a third person was taken to a hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds. Witnesses told investigators the man fired shots at someone in a vehicle parked outside the gas station before shooting the boy and turning the gun on himself. The names of the suspect and the victims haven’t been released.

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