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2 fatally shot at W.Va. nail salon; gunman killed by police

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SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — Police say a gunman fatally shot two people at a nail salon in West Virginia before officers fired at the shooter, killing him.

Summersville police said Friday that officers responded to an active shooter Thursday evening at Jo’s Nails & Spa.

Police say two officers shot the gunman and he was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Police identified the alleged shooter as 52-year-old Patrick Wayne Cater and the two victims as 45-year-old Khuyen Van Le and 40-year-old Phi Anh Le.

The two victims were married coworkers.

Police Chief John Nowak said Cater had been working there earlier, left, and came back with a semiautomatic pistol.