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Dickenson County Murder-Suicide

Two men are dead following an apparent murder-suicide in Dickenson County Monday morning.According to Dickenson County Sheriff Jeremy Fleming, a man entered Hillcom Inc. in Haysi and fired multiple rounds inside the business.Deputies were called to the scene at 11:01 a.m. and learned that the suspect was fleeing on Breaks Park Road and began pursuing him.Fleming said the pursuit continued for about three miles before the suspect turned onto Bartlick Road. the suspect stopped and got out of the vehicle on Bartlick Bridge and fired multiple rounds at the pursuing deputy. The deputy returned fire but did not hit the suspect, according to Fleming. Then the man shot himself in the head with a high-powered rifle after firing at the deputy.

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