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A shooting inside a suburban maryland malhas killed three and hurt 5 others. Two store workers were killed before the shooter shot himself. The mall had been open for about an hour this morning. Now, columbia is between washington, d. C. And baltimore. Mee police have not yet identified the gunman or the motive. Officers say the suspect was carrying a large amount of ammunition, and they are checking for explosives. The mall remains closed as investigators search for cluess. Lisa, whats the latest tonight . Reporter jonathan, as you say, the police remain here as they process the crime scene. They have released the names of the two victims who lost their lives so strategically this morning, 21yearold brianna benlalo and 25yearold tyler johnson. They were workers here, employees of the store where the shooting took place. As you said, police have not yet identified the shooter and a little earlier today, at the press conference, they explained whats taking so long. Three deceased includ
White house correspondent Kristen Welker. We heard rumblings this was happening. The president making it official this morning. A pretty tepid response from russia. Any chance this might all be resolved before the meeting next month . Reporter well, theres always that chance. Russian Officials Saying that the meeting is still open to president obama if he should change his mind. But it doesnt appear as though thats going to happen unless we see some major change in terms of how russia has decided to deal with Edward Snowden. You bring up an important point, tamron. The white house has been sort of dangling this in front of russia for a number of days. Then when we learned last week that russia did grant temporary asylum to snowden, it seemed all but a foregone conclusion. In that statement today, the white house saying that this decision came about in part because of Edward Snowden but also because of a number of other issues, a number of tensions that exist between the United States a
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