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Standoff follows shooting of 2 in Council Bluffs

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October 15th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say at least two people have been shot and a man has barricaded himself inside a Council Bluffs home.  Pottawattamie County dispatcher Scott Vandervort  says a negotiator and a SWAT unit were sent to the house around 8:15 Tuesday morning.  Vandervort says the two people were taken to area hospitals. He says he doesn’t have any information on them other than they are not police officers.

He didn’t have more information about what is happening at the house, which sits on the west side of town. He says police representatives can’t respond to questions because they are busy at the scene.