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Alaska town rocked by six dead in shooting spree
In McCarthy Alaska six people were killed in a Tuesday shooting spree. Louis D Hastings 39 a loner unemployed computer programmer was charged with six counts of murder as residents described the town of fewer than 20 people in shock. Two more people were wounded and Hastings was jailed after patrols found the bodies. Victims include Maxine Edwards and Harley B King. Christopher Richards survived and said Hastings shot him as he offered coffee. Hastings received stab wounds and was treated before arrest.
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Mccarthy
Alaska
Wrangell
Louis D. Hastings
Rick Kenyon
Ellis
Hastings
Maxine Edwards
Kenyon
Maxine
Jim
Kenyons
Kennicott Glacier
Edwards
Jim Lansbery
Harley B. King
Haglund
King
Long Lake
Donna Byram
Faith Hospital
Glennallen