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Motivated by a long child custody dispute, a man opened fire on Monday in the lobby of the New Castle County Courthouse just as the building was opening, leaving two women dead before police officers fatally shot him, the authorities said. Sgt. Paul Shavack of the Delaware State Police said two police officers suffered wounds that were not life-threatening. The gunman opened fire before he passed metal detectors in the lobby, the sergeant said. Joseph R. Biden III, the state attorney general, said at a news conference that the shooting was not a random act. “It’s developed out of a long — over the course of many years — custody dispute in the courts of this state,” he said.

NY TIMES