UPDATE: 1:17 PM EST
Police have identified the gunman in this mornings fatal shooting at a Wilmington courthouse:
The man who opened fire and killed two women and injured two Capitol police officers this morning at the New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington has been identified by numerous law enforcement and legal sources as David T. Matusiewicz, a former optometrist who spent time in federal prison for kidnapping his three daughters and bank fraud in 2007.
One of the victims in the courthouse shooting was his ex-wife, Christine Belford, sources say. Belford was 39. The other victim has not been identified.
This story is developing.
SOURCE: Delaware Online
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At about 8:00 a.m., a gunman opened fire in the public lobby of the New Castle County Court of Common Pleas in Wilmington, Delaware, leaving three dead. The shooter, a male, is among those dead, police confirmed.
According to ABC:
Two officers were also injured in the incident. Police say the officers were shot in an exchange with the gunman. The severity of their injuries is unclear at this time.
Police are still investigating whether the gunman’s death was a result of the exchange with officers or whether it was the result of a self inflicted gunshot wound. Police however did say that the gunman never breached the security perimeter beyond the metal detectors inside the courthouse.
The identity of the gunman is not known at this time.
Local and federal authorities responded to the scene. The courthouse was evacuated and officers conducted a search of the building.
This story is developing.
SOURCE: ABC Local
