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Gunman ambushes Ohio judge, who returns fire

By Ryan Lovelace
Published August 22, 2017 5:17pm ET
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Gunman ambushes Ohio judge, who returns fire
A gunman ambushed a judge outside his Ohio courthouse, and the judge returned fire with a probation officer, killing the attacker. The judge, Joseph J. Bruzzese Jr., was taken into surgery and expected to survive the Monday shooting attack. (WTOV-TV via AP) | Uncredited

A gunman ambushed a judge outside his Ohio courthouse, and the judge returned fire with a probation officer, killing the attacker.

The dead attacker was identified as Nathaniel Richmond, the father of a teenage boy found guilty in a high-profile 2013 rape case.

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