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Police: School official wrestles gun from armed man

Authorities say a school district superintendent wrestled an armed man to the ground at South Orangetown Middle School and took his gun away Tuesday. Police say 37-year-old Peter Cocker was taken into

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Police: School official wrestles gun from armed man

Authorities say a school district superintendent wrestled an armed man to the ground at South Orangetown Middle School and took his gun away Tuesday. Police say 37-year-old Peter Cocker was taken into

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