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Suspect In Cupertino Shootings Is Dead, Police Say

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Shareef Allman, suspected of killing three and wounding seven in a rampage yesterday, has been shot and killed in Sunnyvale.

The search for Allman, 47, shutdown campuses at Apple and Hewlett-Packard yesterday as well as a number of local schools.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Jose Cardoza said authorities shot a suspect near 934 Lorne Way in Sunnyvale at  7:20 a.m. Allman’s body is reportedly still lying under a tarp in the driveway of a home on Thorne Way.

Allman, an employee of  a Cupertino quarry, was at an early work meeting yesterday attended by around 15 employees.

Allman left the meeting, returned with an automatic rifle and a handgun then shot eight people, killing  Mark Muñoz, 59, of San Jose; John Vallejos, 51, of San Jose; and Manuel Guadalupe Piñon, 48, of Newman. Among the seven people injured were Jesse Vallejos and Mike Ambrosio.

The female HP employee was shot in a carjacking attempt at an HP parking lot a few hours later by a gunman matching the description of Allman.

It is still not know why Allman opened fire on his co-workers.

Hat tip SFLawdisorder, via KQED, SF Examiner

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