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  • Gunman opens fire at Pitt psych clinic; 2 dead

    JOE MANDAK, KEVIN BEGOS, Associated Press

    PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man armed with two semiautomatic handguns entered the lobby of a psychiatric clinic at the University of Pittsburgh on Thursday and opened fire, killing one person and wounding several others before he was shot dead, apparently by campus police, the mayor said. Six people were wounded by the man's gunfire, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said. A seventh suffered unspecified injuries but wasn't shot, officials said. AP Photo/Keith Srakocic Police gather on DeSoto street near the front entrance to the Western P...

  • Idaho man charged with attempted assassination

    JOE MANDAK, Associated Press

    PITTSBURGH (AP) — An Idaho man accused of firing two shots at the White House last week has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama or his staff. Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, made his first court appearance before a federal magistrate in Pittsburgh on Thursday, one day after he was arrested at a western Pennsylvania hotel. He will be taken back from a federal court in Pittsburgh to face the charges in Washington, D.C. AP Photo/The Indian Gazette, Tom Peel State Police in I...