Berrien County Courthouse shooting in St. Joseph, Mich.

Larry Darnell Gordon, the inmate who stole an officer’s gun and shot four people, including two fatally, while he was being moved from a holding cell inside the Berrien County Courthouse in St. Joseph, Michigan, had his hands cuffed in front of his body before the incident, according to Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey.

Gordon, who was being held on sexual assault and kidnapping charges, somehow managed to steal a gun from an officer in court despite the handcuffs, fatally shooting two bailiffs and injuring two other people. He took hostages for a brief period and tried to leave through a door in the courtroom, Bailey said.

Court bailiffs shot and killed Gordon, according to Bailey. (GMA)

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