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Mother Says Macomb Store Shooter Was Depressed
MACOMB, Ill. (AP) -- The mother of a man who opened fire at a Macomb Farm King store says her son was depressed, but never planned to hurt anyone.

Police identified Wednesday's gunman as 19-year-old Jonathan Labbe of Tennessee, Ill., and said he died of a self-inflicted bullet wound. No one else was injured.

Labbe's mother, Kathleen Clauson, said Thursday her son was upset, so she left work early to find him. It led her to the standoff. Clauson said she had to wait in the store's parking lot because police said it was too dangerous to allow her inside.

Clauson told Peoria station WEEK-TV, in her words, "He's just lost and I couldn't reach him enough, fast enough. I drove over there not knowing where he would be and I begged the police to let me in. I begged them."

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02 05 10 by Newsroom
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