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Police: 9 killed, including suspect, at suburban Dallas

AP

Nine people, including a suspect who was fatally shot by an officer, have died after a man opened fire during a gathering to watch football at a suburban Dallas home, police says.

Plano police Chief Gregory W Rushin said at a last afternoon news conference that one of two people hospitalised after the Sunday night shooting had died.

An officer responding to a report of shots fired at about 8 PM confronted the suspected shooter and opened fire, killing the suspect. Police then found the nine gunshot victims seven were dead and two were taken to the hospital.