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M/Tu Feb 13 -

TRENCHCOAT KILLER -

It looks like we've got another "Trenchcoat Killer" who's used a shopping mall as his shooting gallery. So far, he has not been identified by name. Caveat: first reports often contain errors.

A man wearing what was described as a dark trenchcoat entered the Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City, Utah, at about 6:45pm MST late Monday. Armed with a shotgun, he fired into the public there, killing a half dozen people before he was killed by police.*

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*An off-duty Ogden police officer was in the mall at the time and fired his weapon at the shooter, killing him, according to Barrett Dodds, an antique-shop owner who witnessed the event.

Dodds said the shooter was about 6 feet tall, wearing a long trench coat and a backpack, and that he stopped to reload his weapon several times while inside the mall.*

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*Eyewitnesses described the shooter as white, in his 20s, about 6 feet tall, with brown hair.*

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TRENCHCOAT POP CULTURE:

"Trenchcoat Mafia"

"Trenchcoat Brigade"

"Trenchcoat"

:: The Trenchcoat Chronicles

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