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Pittsburgh psychiatric clinic shooting keeps personnel on lockdown

Two people wait to leave the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine after the area was locked down by police due to a shooting at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania March 8, 2012. Two people were killed in the shooting on Thursday, and one of the dead was believed to be the shooter, the hospital said. REUTERS/ Jason Cohn (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)
Two people wait to leave the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine after the area was locked down by police due to a shooting at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania March 8, 2012. Two people were killed in the shooting on Thursday, and one of the dead was believed to be the shooter, the hospital said. REUTERS/ Jason Cohn (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)JASON COHN / Reuters
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A Pennsylvania State Police officer keeps watch over the back of the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania March 8, 2012. Two people were killed in a shooting at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center on Thursday, and one of the dead was believed to be the shooter, the hospital said. REUTERS/ Jason Cohn (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
A Pennsylvania State Police officer keeps watch over the back of the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania March 8, 2012. Two people were killed in a shooting at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center on Thursday, and one of the dead was believed to be the shooter, the hospital said. REUTERS/ Jason Cohn (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)JASON COHN / Reuters

A gunman opened fire at a psychiatric clinic at the University of Pittsburgh on Thursday in a shooting that killed two people, including the gunman, and wounded seven others. 

A SWAT team was on the scene shortly after the shooting. A street was blocked off, and the area thronged with police. Most students are on spring break, though offices and buildings have been open. 

There were no details about the second death, and it was unclear whether the seven wounded people were patients, employees or visiting family members.

-- NBC News, msnbc.com staff and news services

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Police evacuate people from the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after several people were shot in the building on March 8, 2012. Two people were killed in a shooting at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center on Thursday, and one of the dead was believed to be the shooter, the hospital said. REUTERS/ Jason Cohn (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
Police evacuate people from the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after several people were shot in the building on March 8, 2012. Two people were killed in a shooting at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center on Thursday, and one of the dead was believed to be the shooter, the hospital said. REUTERS/ Jason Cohn (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)JASON COHN / Reuters
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