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A trucking company employee went on a shooting rampage in an Oklahoma City neighborhood and then at work, killing three people and wounding four others, including a little girl and a man he locked in a car trunk, before surrendering, police said. Cyril Wayne Ellis, 24, of Oklahoma City, was booked on two complaints of murder and one of assault with a deadly weapon, authorities said. Police said they know of no motive and have not determined a connection between the man and the victims except that four were co-workers at Consolidated Freightways.
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