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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

And today is Tuesday, January 15th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning.

The gunman who fired shots inside a UPS facility in New Jersey and took two women hostage was shot and killed by police. Authorities confirmed yesterday.

39-year-old William Owens of Sicklerville, New Jersey, was hit by police gunfire after he and the hostages had exited the building, the State Attorney General's Office said.

Owens was armed with a handgun at the time. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities say the two female hostages were not harmed. Those shots were fired by Owens when he

first entered the building. No injuries were reported. Employees have said the suspect was angry

at his ex-girlfriend, who was one of the women he took hostage and said that he was going to

kill her. Owens was not an employee at the UPS facility,

family member said, but he did work at another business at the same industrial park.

The incident happened at the facility in the 200 block of Birch Creek Road.

Authorities say the suspect entered the building shortly before 8.30 on Monday morning

and fired shots. Hostage negotiators began talking to the gunman by phone as he held the

women in a barricaded room.

Shortly before noon, a short burst of gunfire was heard from the area of the facility.

The prosecutor didn't say how many shots were fired by police or whether the gunman fired shots at them.

The UPS facility will reopen today and support is being offered for employees who witness the terrifying and dramatic standoff.

I am interested in the details of this and how it ended because if you catch the video and

you hear the gunshots, there was a lot of gunfire going on. A lot. I'm curious if he started

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