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Surrenders after killing 8 in U.S.

APPOMATTOX (Virginia): A man suspected of shooting eight people to death at a rural Virginia home and then firing at a police helicopter surrendered early Wednesday after an overnight manhunt, said Virginia State Police.

The police said Christopher Speight (39) approached officers at the scene of the shootings and turned himself in. They said Speight was acquainted with the victims, but details of the relationships weren’t released.

The drama began around noon Tuesday when a man was spotted barely alive along the side of a narrow country road. The man died on the way to the hospital.

A deputy who answered the emergency call heard more gunshots, and seven others were found dead inside and outside a nearby home. — AP

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