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inanna

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Wed Dec 16, 2015, 12:35 PM Dec 2015

Secret Service officer slain in DC, had been suspended

Source: Associated Press

Dec 16, 11:24 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Secret Service says a uniformed officer who was suspended after being charged in a domestic incident earlier this year has been shot and killed.

Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback confirmed Wednesday that Officer Arthur Baldwin was killed Tuesday,

District of Columbia police say it happened shortly before 3 p.m. in a residential neighborhood in southwest Washington. Police are looking for three people in connection with the shooting, but have released no information about them or a possible motive.

Baldwin was placed on leave and his security clearance was suspended in April after he was charged with trying to break into his girlfriend's house while armed.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SECRET_SERVICE_OFFICER_SLAIN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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Secret Service officer slain in DC, had been suspended (Original Post) inanna Dec 2015 OP
Who the hell wrote that headline? Grassy Knoll Dec 2015 #1
First line of "cost-cutting" to maximize profit: Lay off the experienced editors. n/t TygrBright Dec 2015 #2
also clickbait... dhill926 Dec 2015 #3
Copy Editting RobinA Dec 2015 #5
Bad headline for sure Android3.14 Dec 2015 #4
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