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I-580 Shut Down as Precaution For Gunman

A California Highway Patrol officer stands watch at the toll plaza on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California November 1, 2001.
A part of Interstate 580 was shut down on Wednesday morning as police negotiated with a gunman who had barricaded himself in a motel after firing a shot at the highway, according to the authorities.
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