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TWO KILLED FOLLOWING A MORNING SHOOTING IN COLUMBIA
TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND A THIRD CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER A MORNING SHOOTING.  ACCORDING TO THE COLUMBIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICERS RECEIVED A CALL OF A SHOOTING JUST AFTER 8 THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING AT A GAS STATION ON JAMES CAMPBELL BOULEVARD.  OFFICERS ARRIVED TO FIND 37 YEAR OLD JADA RENEE BAXTER DEAD AND 62 YEAR OLD RONALD WALTON GLASS INJURED, BOTH FROM GUN SHOT WOUNDS.  A THIRD VICTIM, 21 YEAR OLD ANTHONY CLINTON KELLEY WAS FOUND SHOT IN A NEAR BY BUSINESS PARKING LOT.  BOTH MEN WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE GLASS LATER DIED.  KELLY REMAINS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION IN VANDERBILT MEDICAL CENTER.  INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE BAXTER AND KELLY WERE TOGETHER IN A VEHICLE WHEN GLASS ARRIVED IN HIS TRUCK AND BEGAN FIRING AT THE PAIR BEFORE TURNING THE GUN ON HIMSELF.  AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE SHOOTINGS WERE NOT RANDOM AND THAT ALL THREE INDIVIDUALS WERE ACQUAINTED WITH EACH OTHER.  THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNKNOWN.
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