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		</div><p>A prisoner trying to escape from a Michigan court wrested a gun from an officer, killing two bailiffs and injuring two more people before he was shot dead.</p>
<p>People scrambled for cover inside Berrien County Courthouse in St Joseph, about 100 miles north east of Chicago.</p>
<p>“Our hearts are torn apart. I have known them for over 30 years. It’s a sad day,” Sheriff Paul Bailey said of the bailiffs, Joseph Zangaro, 61, and Ronald Kienzle, 63.</p>
<p>Zangaro, who was head of court security, had retired from Michigan State Police as commander of the Bridgman Post in Berrien County.</p>
<p>Kienzle retired as a sergeant with Benton Township police after serving in the US army. Both had been employed by the court for more than a decade.</p>
<p>Larry Gordon, 44, who was in custody facing several felony charges, was being moved from a cell for a court appearance on Monday when a fight broke out and he was able to disarm an officer, Bailey said.</p>
<p>He shot sheriff’s deputy James Atterberry, killed the bailiffs, then shot a woman civilian in the arm in a public area, the sheriff said. Atterberry, 41, is in a stable condition at Lakeland Hospital following surgery on his arm.</p>
<p>Gordon was finally shot dead “by two other bailiffs who came to render aid, along with several other officers”, Bailey said. “He was trying to escape.”</p>
<p>During the incident, Gordon took hostages for a short period before trying to leave through another door.</p>
<p>The sheriff said it did not appear that Gordon was handcuffed and authorities had “no warning signs” that he would be violent.</p>
<p>Gordon’s ex-wife Jessica Gordon told WOOD-TV and the Detroit Free Press that he was probably trying to escape to see his family. She said he was “not a monster” but “an amazing man that got mixed up with the wrong people”.</p>
<p>Ms Gordon said they divorced earlier this year but he remained close to his six-year-old daughter. She said she spoke to him on Sunday and had no indication he was planning an attack.</p>
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