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Random Fatal Shooting In Oakdale Claims Life of 9-Year-Old

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Police in the Twin Cities suburb of Oakdale are hoping to recover additional evidence in an apparent random shooting that left a 9-year-old boy dead and his mother and another woman wounded. Investigators say they are looking for additional spent gun casings and damage at the crime scene that spans six blocks. Police say a 34-year-old Oakdale man opened fire randomly at passing vehicles near a Rainbow Foods store just after six last night. The boy and his 39-year-old mother were struck in one vehicle. A 68-year-old woman in another vehicle was shot in the hand. the boy died of his injuries. The women are expected to recover. A suspect is in custody.