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

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Published July 30, 2022 2:12 PM

SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — 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.

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