Anti-Abortion Activist Gunned Down Outside Michigan High School
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A Michigan prosecutor says a man has been charged in the shooting deaths of well-known anti-abortion activist and a business owner and that he planned to kill a third man.
Shiawassee County Prosecutor Randy Colbry says Harlan James Drake is accused of shooting 63-year-old James Pouillon in front of a Michigan high school. Hours later, Drake is accused of killing Mike Fuoss, 61, at a nearby gravel pit company.
Colbry says Drake intended to kill a third man, but was arrested before Drake could do so.
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Ossowo Hish School was placed on immediate lockdown, though no students were hurt or involved in the shooting, school officials told the paper.
Police barricaded a section of street in front of the high school, where a large sign bearing the image of a baby and the word "Life" was visible, according to the Flint Journal.
When authorities were responding to the first shooting, officials received a report that another man had been shot and killed at a gravel pit business in Owosso. Shiawassee County Sheriff George Braidwood said Mike Fuoss was found dead in his office.
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School officials say the first shooting took place outside of school grounds around 7:30 a.m., when most students were already inside the building for classes. The school, located 20 miles west of Flint, was allowing students to leave with a parental escort, WLNS News reported.
Click here for more on this story from the Flint Journal.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.