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Three people were dead Sunday after a shooting at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas, an official said.

Shootings occurred at two locations, and one person is in custody, said Jason Rhodes, a spokesman for the Overland Park Fire Department.

CNN affiliate KSHB reported that there were two separate shootings at Jewish centers in the area -- one at the community center and one at an assisted living facility. Ref. CNN

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Frazier Glenn Cross is the suspect in Sunday's shootings at a Jewish community center and retirement home near Kansas City, Lt. Craig Buckendahl from the Johnson County Sheriff's Office said.

Investigators believe the suspect has white-supremacist ties, law enforcement officials say. Ref. CNN

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Frazier Glenn Cross, 73, of Aurora, Mo., was arrested Sunday and held on a charge of premeditated first-degree murder. Cross is an alias for Frazier Glenn Miller, the former KKK leader, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Ref. USAToday

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Supremacist held in slayings at Kan. Jewish center

Former Ku Klux Klan leader targeted Jews but killed 2 white Christians. Ref. Source 3