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Story slideshow: Workplace shootings in the U.S.

A gunman shot several people at the Accent Singage Systems building in Minneapolis Thursday and then shot himself. Workplace shootings have occurred across the United States, often by laid-off employees.

By Alejandra Matos

September 28, 2012 — 5:59pm

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