Police Capture Sniper
(NJ. Prett Attn.—Copyright) PITTSBURGH, Dec. 5. A man armed with a rifle shot to death another man and wounded a Negro youth last night, then held off police with sniper fire for more than two hours before he was captured, United Press International reported. Police said the shooting began when an ambulance crew went to a Negro area to remove the injured youth. The dead man was not identified immediately. The gunman was reported to be a white man,
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32164, 6 December 1969, Page 13
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