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2 killed in shooting at Michigan community college

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By The Associated Press

Published: April 10, 2009

Updated: 04/10/2009 03:01 pm

DEARBORN, Mich. - Police say two people have been killed in what they believe was a murder-suicide at a community college in Dearborn.

Deputy Police Chief Gregg Brighton says Henry Ford Community College was locked down in the early afternoon Friday shortly after a 911 caller reported shots were fired.

Responding officers set up a perimeter around the fine arts building and heard a gunshot as they entered.

Brighton says police discovered the bodies of a man and a woman in a room. He says he didn't think it was being used at the time.

The lockdown has been lifted.

Brighton says a shotgun was used in the killings.

Twelve-year-old Christian Plonka says he was in the college's MacKenzie Fine Arts Center when he heard a gunshot. He and others participating in a theater program ran to the adjacent University of Michigan-Dearborn campus until police gave the all-clear.

An on-campus news conference is planned for later today.

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