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Three killed in U.S. shopping mall shooting near Baltimore

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Another mass shooting has taken place in the the United States. This time in Columbia, Md., at a shopping mall just outside of Baltimore. Police confirmed that at least three people have been killed, and believe the gunman is one of the dead.

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