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Sunday, July 28, 2013HIALEAH, Florida (AP) — A gunman holding hostages inside a South Florida apartment complex killed six people before being shot dead by a SWAT team that stormed the building early yesterday morning following an stand-off, police said.Sgt Eddie Rodriguez told The Associated Press that police got a call around 6:30 pm EDT Friday that shots had been fired in a building with dozens of apartments in Hialeah, just a few miles north of Miami.Although a crisis team was able to briefly establish communication with the man, Rodriguez said talks eventually “just fell apart” with the gunman, who was holding two hostages on the fifth floor. Both of them survived when officers stormed the building, fatally shooting the gunman during an exchange of gunfire.The dead bodies of three women and two men were found at two different apartment units inside the building, which Rodriguez said was in a “very quiet neighbourhood”. Another man who was walking his children into an apartment across the street was also killed.
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Gunman among seven dead after Florida apartment shoot-out
