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Knife-wielding suspect shot at federal courthouse in Harrisburg, prosecutor says

Officials said a man wielding a knife was shot by a security officer at the federal courthouse in Harrisburg on Monday morning

Harrisburg Federal Courthouse.
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A security guard at the federal courthouse in Harrisburg shot and wounded a man wielding a knife, a county prosecutor said.

Additional details of Monday's shooting weren't immediately available, and authorities said the FBI was leading the investigation.

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Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo said police responded to the shooting, which happened inside the building in the first-floor lobby.

A courthouse security officer who is contracted by the U.S. Marshals Service shot the suspect, Chardo said. The suspect was still alive, Chardo said.

A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney's office in Harrisburg said the matter is under investigation but gave no details.

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