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A 37-year-old man walked into a suburban Cleveland middle school last week and opened fire with a shotgun, killing a custodian and wounding three others, including a police officer, school officials said.

The gunman, said to be a disgruntled parent, was himself shot and wounded by a police officer who arrived at Wickliffe Middle School as classes were letting out. No motive had been determined and no students were injured, authorities said last week.

"The staff and kids were terror stricken," said David R. Tanski, the superintendent of the Wickliffe, Ohio, public schools. He added that the shooting was unprecedented in...