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Multiple People Shot in Wendy's in W. Palm Beach

17:00 CST -- 03 March 2008

Fireman, Gunman Dead in Wendy's Shooting

WEST PALM BEACH, FL: A gunman in a jacket and tie wordlessly opened fire inside a Wendy's during the lunchtime rush Monday, killing a firefighter who had gone back to fetch the toy left out of his child's meal and wounding five others. He then committed suicide.

"This was not a robbery. He didn't demand anything," said Paul Miller, a Palm Beach County sheriff's spokesman. "Looks like this was just another random shooting like we've seen around the United States."

The 42-year-old victim, a Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue lieutenant who was not in uniform, had met his wife and child at the restaurant during a break in training down the street, Deputy Fire-Rescue Chief Steve Delai said. The family had gotten their food and walked out, but the man returned because the free toy was missing from the kids' meal, he said.

The lieutenant was shot in the back as he stood at the counter.

"Our officer probably didn't even see him," Delai said, adding that the man's wife and child were in the parking lot when the shooting broke out.

Three of the survivors were critically wounded, but all had improved and were hospitalized in stable condition Monday evening, Miller said. They included a 43-year-old man, a 16-year-old girl, a 65-year-old man and his 62-year-old wife. One person was injured while running away.

Motorists at the drive-thru window also fled, some leaving their vehicles running. Several people were carried from the restaurant on stretchers. Authorities did not identify the shooter or the other victims.

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1:15 pm EST March 3, 2008

2 Dead, 3 Injured In Shooting At West Palm Beach Wendy's

WEST PALM BEACH, FL: A gunman opened fire Monday in a Wendy's restaurant in West Palm Beach, killing one person and injuring at least three others before killing himself, police said.

A shooter reportedly entered the restaurant at Cherry Road and Military Trail and shot several individuals around 12:18 p.m. Monday, Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue spokesman Don Delucia told WPBF News 25. The shooter then reportedly shot and killed himself, Delucia said.

Delucia told WPBF that at least three people have been reported injured and two have been killed. He said that the shooter is one of the fatalities...

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