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Court Officer Ronald Eugene Kienzle, 63, was shot and killed inside the Berrien County Courthouse in St. Joseph, Michigan, on July 11, 2016. A retired Benton Township police officer and U.S. Army veteran, Kienzle was helping to escort an inmate after a court appearance when the inmate, identified as Larry Darnell Gordon, attacked a deputy, seized the deputy’s handgun and opened fire as Kienzle rushed to intervene.

The armed inmate moved into a public hallway and exchanged gunfire with court officers, killing Security Supervisor Joseph Zangaro as well. Responding court officers shot and killed the inmate; a sheriff’s deputy and a civilian were also wounded in the incident. The attack abruptly turned a routine afternoon at the courthouse into a scene of loss for the county’s law enforcement community.

Did anyone work at or visit the Berrien County Courthouse that day and see what happened in the hallways?