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FLORIDA

Deputy and gunman killed

A man set his house on fire and then fatally shot a sheriff's deputy and wounded another Saturday when they responded to the scene, before he was shot to death by other law enforcement officers, authorities said.

Deputies and firefighters responded to the blaze about 10:15 a.m. As the first deputy approached the house, he was fatally shot. The gunman picked up the deputy's gun, walked down the street and used it to shoot a second deputy before he was killed, Lt. James McQuaig of the Leon County Sheriff's Office said.

The Sheriff's Office said the gunman also fired on first responders. They were not injured. The names of the slain and wounded deputies were not immediately released. The gunman has also not been identified. - AP