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5 Deputies shot Denver by gunman on New year’s eve, one fatally! Mathew Riehl fired 100 rounds at cops in ‘ambush attack’ before he was killed

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0a0000&semi;"><strong>Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s deputy killed by gunman who fired 100 ROUNDS in &&num;8216&semi;ambush attack&&num;8217&semi; that left four other cops and two civilians injured in New Year&&num;8217&semi;s Eve tragedy near Denver&comma; the Douglas County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office reported<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0a0000&semi;"><strong>Army vet Matthew Riehl&comma; 37&comma;  shot the five deputies and two civilians as the officers responded to a complaint at the apartment in Douglas County&comma; on the last morning of 2017<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0a0000&semi;"><strong>Of the five deputies shot&comma; one was fatally&comma; Deputy Zackari Parrish&comma; 29&comma; was killed and is survived by his wife and two daughters<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0a0000&semi;"><strong>The other four deputies were named as Deputy Mike Doyle&comma; 28&comma; Deputy Taylor Davis&comma; 30&comma; Deputy Jeffrey Pelle&comma; 32&comma; and Officer Tom O&&num;8217&semi;Donnell&comma; 41<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0a0000&semi;"><strong>Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said the officers are in stable condition<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0a0000&semi;"><strong>Deputies were responding to a verbal disturbance call between two roommates around 5&period;15am on Sunday at the Copper Canyon Apartments in Highlands Ranch<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"author-section byline-plain"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-287505" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Zackari-Parrish-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Zackari Parrish 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"636" height&equals;"618" &sol;>Fatality&colon;  Deputy Zackari Parrish was shot and killed while responding to a verbal disturbance at an apartment complex near Denver on New Year&&num;8217&semi;s eve<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"articleIconLinksContainer"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The law enforcement sources said Matthew Riehl was the man who shot the five deputies and two civilians as the officers responded to a complaint at the apartment in Douglas County&period; Riehl&comma; 37&comma; who has since been shot and killed by law enforcement&comma; was identified as a YouTube user who earlier posted a YouTube video Dec&period; 13 calling for the firing of Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock and railing against him in highly personal terms&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The early Sunday morning incident claimed the life of 29-year-old Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s deputy Zackari Parrish&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-287539" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Mathew-Riehl-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mathew Riehl&period;jpg" width&equals;"685" height&equals;"803" &sol;><strong>Mathew Riehl shot 5 deputies&comma; one fatally on New years&&num;8217&semi; Eve<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p> Zackari Parrish  an Army veteran&comma; serving in Iraq in 2009&comma; shot Parrish and four other deputies who weree responding to a verbal disturbance call between him and a roommate around 5&period;15am on Sunday at the Copper Canyon apartments in Denver&comma; Colorado&period; Deputy Zackari Parrish had worked for the Douglas County sheriff’s office for seven months&comma; Sheriff Tony Spurlock said at an afternoon news conference&period; He is survived by a wife and two young daughters&period; Describing his meeting with the deputy’s widow&comma; Sheriff Tony Spurlock said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When I sat with his wife and held her hand&comma; I could see in her eyes that her life was over&period;” Two civilians&comma; who the sheriff said were apparently in a neighboring apartment&comma; were also shot&period; Their injuries were not life-threatening&period;Deputy Jeffery Pelle &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; one of those shot is the son of Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle&period; He was seriously injured&comma; but expected to survive<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"container-3zJLP vertical-2XJd5">&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content" data-para-count&equals;"345" data-total-count&equals;"2427">Deputies were called back to the apartment by a neighbor at 5&colon;14 a&period;m&period; about a disturbance&comma; the sheriff said at the news conference&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;One of the men in the apartment&comma; described by the sheriff as a roommate&comma; had left before officers arrived&comma; returned and gave officers a key and permission to enter but left before the shooting&comma; the statement said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The other law enforcement officers have been identified as 28-year-old Deputy Mike Doyle&comma; 30-year-old Deputy Taylor Davis&comma; 32-year-old Deputy Jeffrey Pelle &&num;8211&semi; all of the Douglas County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office &&num;8211&semi; and 41-year-old Castle Rock Police Officer Tom O&&num;8217&semi;Donnell&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock revealed at a press conference Saturday afternoon that all of the officers are in stable condition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h5><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-287506" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Tom-ODonnell-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Tom O'Donnell 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"646" height&equals;"856" &sol;><strong>Victim&colon; 41-year-old Castle Rock Police Officer Tom O&&num;8217&semi;Donnell  was shot but reported to be in stable condition<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content" data-para-count&equals;"345" data-total-count&equals;"2427">As outlined by the sheriff&comma; what happened next was not clear&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The officers were talking to Mr&period; Riehl for about 30 minutes and at some point he barricaded himself in a bedroom &&num;8211&semi; At 5&colon;56 a&period;m&period;&comma; four officers reportedly&comma; were hit by rounds fired from the bedroom&period; Three deputies were able to get to safety but Deputy Parrish was unable to retreat&period; The three wounded deputies could not immediately rescue him because of the amount of gunfire and their injuries&comma; the statement said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Deputy Parrish was shot multiple times&period; The other officers&comma; who were hit in areas uncovered by their protective vests&comma; were in stable condition&comma; the sheriff said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Officers with a SWAT team entered the apartment at about 7&colon;30 a&period;m&period;&comma; and shots were exchanged between Mr&period; Riehl and officers&comma; resulting in his death&comma; the statement said&period; An officer from the Castle Rock Police Department was also shot and injured at that time&period;A motorcade was held for the fallen Colorado deputy Zackari Parrish after he was shot and killed while responding to a call on Sunday morning&period; A line of police cars left Littleton Adventist Hospital and traveled along Colorado State Highway 470 led by two officers on motorcycles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 data-para-count&equals;"345" data-total-count&equals;"2427"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-287516" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Mike-Doyle-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mike Doyle 2&period;JPG" width&equals;"687" height&equals;"676" &sol;><strong>Deputy Mike Doyle &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was one of the officers shot  responding to a call that came in as a domestic dispute but was quickly revealed to be a verbal dispute between the shooter and his roommate <img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-287510" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Members-of-the-fire-department-salute-as-the-motorcade-drives-by-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Members of the fire department salute as the motorcade drives by 1" width&equals;"638" height&equals;"338" &sol;>Members of the fire dept salute &lbrack;photo&rsqb; as the motorcade escorting the body of fallen officer Zackari Parrish drives by &period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Some stood and saluted as the hearse passed by while others held up American flags in honor of the deceased deputy&period;  Parrish was one of five deputies who was shot while responding to a verbal disturbance call between two roommates around 5&period;15am on Sunday at the Copper Canyon Apartments on the 3400 block County Line Road between Colorado and University Boulevards&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Douglas County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office tweeted that it was during the investigation at the building in Highlands Ranch that shots were fired with a rifle &&num;8211&semi; nearly 100 rounds in an ambush-style attack&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;They have been identified as 28-year-old Deputy Mike Doyle&comma; 30-year-old Deputy Taylor Davis&comma; 32-year-old Deputy Jeffrey Pelle &&num;8211&semi; all of the Douglas County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office &&num;8211&semi; and 41-year-old Castle Rock Police Officer Tom O&&num;8217&semi;Donnell&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock revealed at a press conference Saturday afternoon that all of the officers are in stable condition&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The suspect who deputies said they were familiar with&comma; was shot dead by a joint task force unit&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Two civilians were also shot by the suspect&comma; but sustained non-life-threatening injuries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-287511" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;jeffery-Pelle-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"jeffery Pelle 2" width&equals;"639" height&equals;"621" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitLeft">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"clear">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-body-text story-content" data-para-count&equals;"156" data-total-count&equals;"3927">One of the injured law enforcement officers&comma; deputy Jeff Pelle&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; was in visible pain when his family saw him in the intensive care unit after he emerged from surgery&comma; his sister&comma; Shanna Jessen&comma; said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She explained that he had been shot under the armpit and the bullet had traveled down his torso to his hip&period; She said he was doing &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;remarkably well” after surgery&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Deputy Pelle who comes from a law enforcement family&comma; his dad&comma; Joe&comma; is the longtime sheriff of Boulder County&comma; Colo&period; Ms&period; Jessen said&period; Her brother had been in law enforcement for about seven years&comma; and had been looking forward to celebrating his fifth wedding anniversary on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-287515" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Police-vehicles-escort-the-hearse-carrying-the-body-of-Parrish-who-was-killed-on-Sunday-morning&period;&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Police vehicles escort the hearse carrying the body of Parrish&comma; who was killed on Sunday morning&period;&period;JPG" width&equals;"667" height&equals;"872" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>A procession of police vehicles escorts the hearse carrying the body of Parrish&comma; who was killed on Sunday morning&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-287507" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Mike-Doyle-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mike Doyle 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"649" height&equals;"845" &sol;>Deputy Mike Doyle was one of the five officers shot while responding a domestic disturbance call in Denver on Sunday<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">The Douglas County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office said the deputies were responding to a domestic disturbance call around 5&period;15am Sunday at the Copper Canyon Apartments on the 3400 block County Line Road between Colorado and University Boulevards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"container-3zJLP vertical-2XJd5"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-287509" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;The-Highlands-Ranch-building-crime-scene-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The Highlands Ranch building crime scene 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"677" height&equals;"490" &sol;><strong>It was during the investigation at the Highlands Ranch building that shots were fired and several deputies were injured&comma; the sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office tweeted &lbrack;scene above&rsqb;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Sheriff Spurlock said the officers responded to a call that came in as a domestic dispute but was quickly revealed to be a verbal dispute between the shooter and his roommate&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It was the second time deputies had gone to the apartment Sunday&period; There was another call at about 1&colon;30am but there was no noise when deputies arrived&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After being let in&comma; and confronting the suspect&comma; who had barricaded himself in a bedroom&comma; the officers were almost immediately met with fire&period; The sheriff said there is no timeline available yet as to who was shot first but that all of them were shot &&num;8216&semi;very very quickly and all went down within seconds of other&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The four were able to crawl to safety while a separate joint task force unit entered the apartment and eventually shot and killed the suspect&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The two civilians who were shot have not been identified but both were revealed to have non-life threatening injuries&period; The roommate&comma; who was home&comma; was not injured and the two civilians were not in the apartment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Parrish is survived by his wife and two young daughters and a <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;zparrish" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">GoFundMe <&sol;a>account has been set up to help support them&period; So far&comma; &dollar;7&comma;104 has been raised out of a &dollar;25&comma;000 goal&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After being let in&comma; and confronting the suspect&comma; who had barricaded himself in a bedroom&comma; the officers were almost immediately met with fire&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The sheriff said there is no timeline available yet as to who was shot first but that all of them were shot &&num;8216&semi;very very quickly and all went down within seconds of other&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"container-3zJLP vertical-2XJd5"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-287512" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Zackari-Parrish-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Zackari Parrish 2&period;JPG" width&equals;"674" height&equals;"440" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"container-3zJLP vertical-2XJd5">Deputy Zackari Parrish&comma; &lbrack;seen with his family&rsqb;&comma; was shot and killed while responding to a verbal disturbance at an apartment complex near Denver&period; He is survived by his wife and their two young daughters&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The four injured officers&comma; aside from Parrish&comma; were able to crawl to safety while a separate joint task force unit entered the apartment and eventually shot and killed the suspect<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-287517" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Zackari-Parrish-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Zackari Parrish 3&period;JPG" width&equals;"683" height&equals;"688" &sol;><strong>A GoFundMe account has been set up to help support Parrish&&num;8217&semi;s family &lpar;pictured with his two daughters in August 2016&rpar;&period; So far&comma; &dollar;7&comma;104 has been raised out of a &dollar;25&comma;000 goal&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">According to <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wpbf&period;com&sol;article&sol;denver-police-shooting&sol;14523569" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">WBPF<&sol;a>&comma; a sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office spokesperson confirmed that a SWAT team arrived at the home where the shooting occurred around 7&period;15am&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Video broadcast by Denver 7 showed an Arapahoe County Sheriff Bomb Squad truck at the scene&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office earlier issued a &&num;8216&semi;Code Red&&num;8217&semi; on Twitter&comma; instructing residents in the area to shelter in place&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;A Code Red was sent out regarding this incident&period; Any citizens in the affected area are instructed to shelter in place&comma; avoid windows and stay away from exterior walls&comma;&&num;8217&semi; read the post sent out around 6&period;15am local time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-287513" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Arapahoe-County-Sheriff-Bomb-Squad-truck-outside-the-Highlands-Ranch-building-complex-Denver-Colorado&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Arapahoe County Sheriff Bomb Squad truck outside the Highlands Ranch building&comma; complex Denver Colorado&period;JPG" width&equals;"694" height&equals;"372" &sol;><strong>Video showed a Arapahoe County Sheriff Bomb Squad truck outside the complex &lbrack;photo&rsqb;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"container-3zJLP horizontal-1eH9F"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-287520" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Arapahoe-County-Sheriff-Bomb-Squad-truck-outside-the-Highlands-Ranch-building-complex-Denver-Colorado-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Arapahoe County Sheriff Bomb Squad truck outside the Highlands Ranch building&comma; complex Denver Colorado 2" width&equals;"768" height&equals;"512" &sol;>Police activity at the shooting scene&comma; Sunday morning at the Copper Canyon Apartments is an affluent neighborhood of Denver &&num;8211&semi; described as some of the &&num;8216&semi;friendliest apts in the area&&num;8217&semi;&comma;  minutes away from shopping&comma; fine dining and entertainment in Denver&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Highlands Ranch is an affluent neighborhood in Colorado with the median income for a household at &dollar;104&comma;411&comma; and the median income for a family at &dollar;113&comma;944&period; Only about one percent of families in the area live below the poverty line&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Copper Canyon Apartments website describes its homes as some of the &&num;8216&semi;friendliest apartments in Highlands Ranch&comma;&&num;8217&semi; minutes away from shopping&comma; dining and entertainment in Denver&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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