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Orlando Easter Shooting: Child Among Dead As Gunman Shot by Police

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Four people are dead, including a child, in an Easter Sunday shooting in Orlando, police said.

Officers responded to a domestic violence incident at a home in the 600 block of Grand Street at around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith told reporters during a media briefing.

On arrival, officers heard gunshots from inside the home, the police department said in a news release.

"The suspect walked out of the house, walked towards the officers, shot at the officers. The officers returned fire and suspect fell," Smith said.

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