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Alleged killer of three dies after shooting himself

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 24, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

A man who on Thursday allegedly shot three people dead before turning the gun on himself died from

Paramedics attend to Chang Chun-hao after he shot himself in the head with a handgun in Taoyuan’s Jhongli District on Thursday. Photo: Chou Min-hung, Taipei Times

his injuries yesterday, police said.

The shooting in Taoyuan’s Jhongli District (中壢) was the result of a dispute between rival gambling rings, police said.

Taoyuan police identified the alleged killer as Chang Chun-hao (張峻豪), 20, who they said shot himself in the head with a handgun when cornered in an alley after trying to escape from the crime scene.

The killings were carried out execution-style, with Chang shooting the three people in the head on the eighth floor of an office building, Jhongli Police Precinct chief investigator Hsu Mu-sheng (許木生) said.    [FULL  STORY]

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