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Police ID Alleged Springfield Shooter, Arsonist

(Springfield, OR)  --  Police are releasing the identity of a man accused of setting fire to his own home and then shooting at responding fire crews.  Police say 65-year-old Lance Taylor Jacobs set fire to his Springfield home early yesterday morning.  He then allegedly opened fire on arriving firefighters with a shotgun before shooting himself, killing himself.  KATU reports Jacobs posted on Facebook early that morning that he'd been struggling with his mental health.

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