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All officers hurt in Ill. shooting released from hospital

All five officers who were wounded in the deadly shooting at an Illinois warehouse have been released from the hospital

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Police officers ride on a vehicle Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, near the site of a shooting at a manufacturing plant in Aurora, Ill., that police said left several people dead, and several police officers wounded.

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AURORA, Ill. — Police say all five of the officers who were wounded last week in a deadly shooting at a warehouse in suburban Chicago have been released from the hospital.

The (Aurora) Beacon-News reports that four of the officers hurt were released by Sunday, and the fifth was released Thursday.

The officers were injured Friday in an exchange of gunfire with a man who had been fired from Henry Pratt Co. in Aurora. Five employees were killed .

The gunman, 45-year-old Gary Martin, died in the shootout.

The officers’ names haven’t been released. They suffered gunshot wounds and shrapnel injuries and ranged in age from 24 to 53.

Aurora police said Thursday that they’re “hoping for a swift and full recovery for all.”

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