State soldier fatally shot in Virginia capital

A gunman has shot a Virginia trooper to death in the state capital before being taken down by other soldiers.

Police say the state trooper was shot at a busy bus terminal in Richmond before a couple of fellow soldiers gunned down the armed man.

Two civilians, both women, were also shot but were expected to recover.

The trooper, identified as Chad P. Dermyer, died Thursday after being shot multiple times, officials said.

Virginia State Police Superintendent Col. Steven Flaherty said investigators were looking into what sparked the shootout.

Dermyer had been participating with about a dozen other troopers in a training exercise at the bus station when a brief encounter with the gunman quickly turned violent, he said.

The gunman's identity was being withheld until his family could be notified.

A small army of law enforcement officers flooded to the scene of the attack.

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