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Four Dead In Cincinnati Bank Shooting

Four people are dead including a gunman, after a shooting this morning at the Fifth Third bank tower in downtown Cincinnati.  Police are looking for the motive.  Bill Rinehart of member station WVXU in Cincinnati reports.

A little after 9 am, someone started shooting at the loading dock of the Fifth Third Tower in downtown Cincinnati.  Police chief Eliot Isaac says there were mutliple shots at the dock and in the lobby.

"Our officers responded very quickly.  They engaged the threat and they neutralized that threat.  However there was some tragedies that did occur."

Isaac wouldn't confirm if officers killed the gunman or if he died from a self-inflicted gunshot.  Police have not identified the suspect or any of the vitims.  they are still looking for a motive.