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A murder-suicide in Birmingham on Tuesday had implications
in St. Clair County, where officials searched a house in Argo and schools were
placed on lockdown in Springville.
A man who had been fired from UPS on Monday opened fire in
a UPS service center in the Inglenook neighborhood near the Birmingham
Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing two men before turning the gun on
himself. The gunman was wearing a brown UPS uniform when the shooting occurred
shortly before 9:30 a.m.
the gunman was
identified as 45 year old Joe Tesney.
In Springville, schools were locked down at about 10:30
a.m. for about 30 minutes.
St. Clair County Schools Coordinator of Facilities Phillip
Johnson said an administrator at one of the Springville schools received a tip
concerning a connection between the UPS shooting and a student or students at
one of the schools there.
Later in the day, authorities including agents from the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms searched Tesney's house in Argo
The St Clair County Sheriff's Office was also involved in
the investigation.
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