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2/12/2007 ~ Venice

2:20 PM PDT on May 28, 2013

Spotted in Venice. On February 12, 2007, at 6:44 PM MST, Sulejman Talović began a deadly shooting spree in Trolley Square resulting in the deaths of five bystanders and the shooter himself. Talović was described as wearing a white shirt, a tan trenchcoat and a mullet, and was carrying both a shotgun with a pistol grip and a 38-caliber handgun.

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The gunman's rampage was stopped after trading shots with off-duty police officer Kenneth Hammond of the Ogden City Police Department and Sgt. Andrew Oblad of the Salt Lake City Police Department. The final confrontation, in which Talović was killed, occurred in the Pottery Barn Kids home furnishing store. -Wikipedia.

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Colin Browne
Colin Browne is a critic and journalist whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, and Hollywood Mirror.

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