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Walmart Gunman in Wash. State I.D.'d as Salt Lake City Man

Walmart Crime Scene in Port Orchard, Wash., Sun. Jan. 24, 2011 (KIRO)

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (CBS/AP) Authorities have identified a Salt Lake City man, 31-year-old Anthony A. Martinez, as the person who ran from deputies before opening fire in a Walmart parking lot in Washington state, sparking a shootout that killed him and a young woman and wounded two deputies.

State Patrol Trooper Krista Hedstrom says the identity of the woman has not yet been verified.

The shootout occurred Sunday after Kitsap County sheriff's deputies responded to a call about a suspicious person at the store in Port Orchard.

The Deseret News in Salt Lake City reports that authorities had issued an advisory for a 13-year-old girl believed to be traveling with Martinez.

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