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Four dead in Cincinnati bank shooting

A gunman opened fire inside a bank in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday morning, killing at least three people and wounding others before being shot and killed by police, authorities said.

A coroner in Cincinnati says the three men killed Thursday in the shooting ranged in age from 25 to 64.

The Hamilton County Coroner’s office identified the victims as 25-year-old Pruthvi Kandepi, 48-year-old Luis Calderon and 64-year-old Richard Newcomer.

All three were killed when police say 29-year-old Omar Enrique Santa Perez opened fire at the 30-story headquarters of Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati.

Two other people were wounded in the shooting before police officers shot and killed the shooter.

Investigators say Santa Perez used a 9mm handgun and had an estimated 200 rounds or more of ammunition.

Police Chief Eliot Isaac says authorities don’t know why Santa Perez opened fire Thursday morning.