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Photograph caption dated October 8, 1957 reads, "Officer Dave Walthuis and police Lt. John R. Thornton examine scribbled note which terror-crazed gunman dropped after killing two co-workers and then shooting self. It was third murder-suicide in Valley in less than week."
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department--Officers Dead persons Death Murder Suicide Police--Uniforms Police Men Northridge (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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