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Page 8A NATION/WORLD East Oregonian Saturday, February 27, 2016 Sheriff: Cop who killed Kansas JXQPDQDµWUHPHQGRXVKHUR¶ Associated Press AP Photo/Vahid Salemi An Iranian voter shows her hand with numbers 30+16, a reformists slogan urging people to vote all reformists and moderate candidates in Tehran for both parlia- ment and Assembly of Experts during the elections, as she fills out her ballot in a polling station in Tehran, Iran, on Friday. Iran Yotes in ¿rst eOections since OandmarN nucOear deaO Associated Press TE+RA1, Iran — Iranians Yoted Friday in tKe country¶s ¿rst eOection since its OandmarN nucOear deaO witK worOd powers, deciding wKetKer to furtKer empower moderates bacNing President +assan RouKani or support KardOiners Oong suspi- cious of tKe :est TKe eOections for Iran¶s parOiament and a powerfuO cOericaO body Nnown as tKe AssembOy of E[perts are tigKtOy controOOed by tKe estabOisKment Keaded by tKe Supreme Leader AyatoOOaK AOi .Kamenei, wKicK uOtimateOy determines wKo can run But witKin tKe range aOOowed by tKe IsOamic RepubOic, tKe Yoting may proYide a referendum on RouKani¶s poOicies — and Kis promises tKat tKe nucOear deaO, tKe Oifting of most internationaO sanctions and a greater degree of opening to tKe :est can KeOp boost a battered economy — a top concern for most Yoters 1earOy 55 miOOion of Iran¶s 0 miOOion peopOe were eOigibOe to Yote Participation ¿gures and otKer statistics were not imme- diateOy aYaiOabOe, tKougK Interior 0inister AbdoOre]a RaKmani Fa]Oi predicted Oate TKursday tKere wouOd be a turnout of 70 percent PoOOs Kad been scKeduOed to cOose at 6 pm, but tKe Interior 0inistry said it wouOd e[tend Yoting time untiO 115 pm in tKe capitaO AutKorities said eOection worNers Kad begun counting baOOots after tKat In TeKran, Yoter +ossein *erami said Ke bacNed reformists to support RouKani ³TKe country suffered under Kard-Oiners,´ Ke said ³Today is tKe time to cKange Iran for tKe better´ SaNineK 0amoudi, wKo bacNed Kard- Oiners, said sKe worried about :estern inÀuence growing in Iran ³I Yoted for tKose wKo protect tKe YaOues of tKe reYoOution and oppose foreign domination of tKe country because I don¶t want pro-:est ¿gures to get controO of tKe parOiament,´ 0amoudi said TKe nucOear deaO Kas been tKe centerpiece of RouKani¶s poOicies since Ke was eOected in 201 — and tKe seaOing of tKe deaO won Iran tKe Oifting of most internationaO sanctions against it TKrougKout, Ke and tKe negotiating team Kad to pusK against Kard- Oiner opposition Supreme Oeader .Kamenei eYentuaOOy gaYe Kis consent to tKe ¿naO resuOt 1ow reformists want to buiOd on tKat opening to tKe worOd, promising improYe- ments in tKe economy 'espite tKe nucOear deaO, Iran and tKe :est KaYe a Oong Kistory of enmity, fueOed by tKe 15 Britain and US-engineered coup tKat instaOOed tKe sKaK and tKe 17 IsOamic ReYoOution and taNeoYer of tKe American Embassy A biOOboard put up in TeKran before tKe eOection sKowed tKe face of Britain¶s 4ueen EOi]abetK II repOaced witK tKat of a cameO, warning Yoters about ³foreign meddOing´ TKe Kard-Oine camp is OargeOy made up of OoyaOists of RouKani¶s predecessor, 0aKmoud AKmadineMad, wKo during Kis two terms in of¿ce aYidOy stoNed tensions witK tKe US and cracNed down on internaO dissidents TKe Yote is unOiNeOy to radicaOOy cKange Iran, but reformists and moderates peeOing away seats from Kard-Oiners couOd KeOp RouKani pusK tKrougK Kis domestic agenda Reformists say tKat about 200 of its ,000 wouOd-be candidates were aOOowed to run in tKe eOection +ESSTO1, .an — A man wKo stormed into a .ansas factory and sKot 1 peopOe, NiOOing tKree, Kad Must been serYed witK a protectiYe order inYoOYing a former girOfriend tKat probabOy set off tKe attacN, autKorities said Friday TKe assauOt at tKe E[ceO Industries Oawnmower-parts pOant in tKe smaOO town of +esston ended wKen tKe poOice cKief NiOOed tKe gunman in a sKootout +arYey &ounty SKeriff T :aOton described tKe of¿cer as a ³tremendous Kero´ because 200 or 00 peopOe were stiOO in tKe factory and tKe ³sKooter wasn¶t done by any means´ +ad tKe of¿cer ³not done wKat Ke did, tKis wouOd be a wKoOe Oot more tragic,´ :aOton said TKe gunman was iden- ti¿ed as &edric Ford, a -year-oOd worNer at tKe factory As a conYicted feOon, Ke was proKibited from owning any Nind of ¿rearm A woman was cKarged witK suppOying Kim witK an assauOt riÀe and a pistoO .ansas *oY Sam Brown- bacN said preOiminary infor- mation indicated tKat tKe of¿cer was +esston PoOice &Kief 'oug ScKroeder, wKo did not wait for bacNup and ³sei]ed tKe situation´ ScKroeder Kas been on tKe Mob since 1, according to Kis LinNedIn pro¿Oe :KiOe driYing to tKe factory, tKe gunman sKot a man on tKe street, striNing Kim in tKe sKouOder A sKort time Oater, Ke sKot someone eOse in tKe Oeg at an intersec- tion, autKorities said TKe suspect sKot one person in tKe factory parNing Oot before opening ¿re inside tKe buiOding, tKe sKeriff¶s department said Ford Kad seYeraO conYictions in FOorida oYer tKe Oast decade +is past offenses incOuded burgOary, grand tKeft, Àeeing from an of¿cer, aggraYated Àeeing and carrying a conceaOed weapon, aOO from Broward and 0iami-'ade counties AP Photo/Orlin Wagner Shattered glass and bullet holes are seen at the front door of Excel Industries in Hesston, Kan., Friay. According to tKe Wichita Eagle, Ford aOso Kad crim- inaO cases in +arYey &ounty, incOuding a misdemeanor conYiction in 200 for ¿gKting and Yarious traf¿c YioOations from 201 and 2015 A FacebooN page under tKe name of a &edric Ford empOoyed at E[ceO incOudes pKotos posted witKin tKe past montK of a man posing witK a Oong gun and anotKer of a Kandgun in a man¶s Oap in a car FederaO Oaw bars feOons from possessing ¿rearms Recent posts aOso incOude music Yideos of rappers from 0iami, pKotos of cars and pictures posted in January of a trip to a ]oo witK cKiOdren SaraK T +opNins, 2, was in MaiO awaiting a court appearance 0onday on cKarges tKat sKe gaYe Ford a semi-automatic riÀe simiOar to an A.-7 and a *OocN 0-caOiber Kandgun According to an af¿daYit, +opNins OiYed witK Ford in nearby 1ewton before moYing out in JuOy 1ewton poOice Oater met Ker at tKe Kome so sKe couOd retrieYe tKe weapons, wKicK sKe Kad purcKased +opNins toOd of¿cers on Friday tKat sKe gaYe tKe weapons to Ford in August because Ke Kad tKreatened Ker +opNins and Ford Kad a 2-year-oOd son and a -year-oOd daugKter, according to a report in tKe Eagle tKat cited a paternity case in +arYey &ounty Oast year SKe is not tKe same woman wKo sougKt tKe order of protection TKe sKooting came Oess tKan a weeN after a man opened ¿re at seYeraO Oocations in tKe .aOama]oo, 0icKigan, area, OeaYing si[ peopOe dead and two seYereOy wounded AutKorities KaYe not discOosed a possibOe motiYe in tKose attacNs :aOton said Kis of¿ce serYed tKe suspect witK tKe protection-from-abuse order at around 0 pm, about 0 minutes before tKe ¿rst sKooting Kappened A judge issued a tempo- rary order of protection earOier tKis montK for a former girOfriend wKo said in Ker petition tKat Ford was a YioOent, depressed aOcoKoOic ³It¶s my beOief Ke is in desperate need of medicaO and psycKoOogicaO KeOp´ sKe wrote TKe e[-girOfriend, wKo indicated on court documents tKat sKe Kad OiYed witK Ford, said tKe two were arguing on Feb 5 wKen Ke grabbed Ker, pOaced Ker in a cKoNe KoOd from beKind and tooN Ker to tKe ground On TKursday, Ford Oeft worN earOy witKout e[pOana- tion before returning Kours Oater witK a riÀe, according to a co-worNer 0artin Espino]a, wKo worNs at E[ceO, Keard peopOe yeOOing to otKers to get out of tKe buiOding, tKen Keard popping and saw tKe sKooter Espino]a said tKe sKooter pointed a gun at Kim and puOOed tKe trigger, but tKe gun was empty At tKat point, tKe gunman got a different gun and Espi- no]a ran BRIEFLY U.S., Russia- EURNHUHGFHDVH¿UH goes into effect across Syria BEIRUT (AP) — A Fease¿re broNered by tKe United States and Russia went into effect across Syria on Saturday, ParNing tKe biggest internationaO SusK to reduce YioOence in tKe country¶s deYastating conÀict, but tKe IsOaPic State grouS and aO4aida¶s brancK in Syria, tKe 1usra Front, were e[cOuded TKe cease¿re aiPs to bring reSresentatiYes of tKe Syrian goYernPent and tKe oSSosition bacN to tKe negotiating tabOe in *eneYa for taONs on a SoOiticaO transition TKe U1¶s enYoy, Staffan de 0istura, announced tKat Seace taONs wouOd resuPe on 0arcK 7 if tKe cessation of KostiOities ³OargeOy KoOds´ If it does, it wouOd be tKe ¿rst tiPe internationaO negotiations KaYe brougKt any degree of quiet in Syria¶s ¿Yeyear ciYiO war But success requires adKerence by PuOtiSOe arPed factions — and tKe truce is Pade Pore fragiOe because it aOOows ¿gKting to continue against tKe IsOaPic State grouS and 1usra Front, wKicK couOd easiOy reignite broader warfare TKe Syrian goYernPent and tKe oSSosition, incOuding nearOy 100 rebeO grouSs, KaYe said tKey wiOO abide by tKe cease¿re desSite serious sNeSticisP about cKances for success 0oPents after tKe truce tooN KoOd, 0a]en aOSKaPi, an oSSosition actiYist near 'aPascus, said an oSSositionKeOd eastern suburb of tKe caSitaO Nnown as Eastern *Kouta was ³quiet for tKe ¿rst tiPe in years´ TKe *Kouta region, wKicK incOudes tKe sSrawOing suburb of 'ouPa, Kas been tKe scene of intense ¿gKting during Syria¶s conÀict An Associated Press crew in 'aPascus said tKe sounds of e[SOosions stoSSed tKree Pinutes before PidnigKt An AOeSSobased oSSosition Pedia coOOectiYe, AOeSSo2, said Russian warSOanes Oeft AOeSSo sNies at 121 aP TKere were soPe reSorts of YioOations, wKicK couOd not be indeSendentOy con¿rPed, but tKey aSSeared to be reOatiYeOy OiPited OSSosition actiYist 0oKaPPed aOSibai, wKo is based in tKe centraO SroYince of +oPs, toOd tKe AP tKat tKe cease¿re was YioOated 15 minutes after it went into effect in tKe town of TaObiseK, wKicK was being subMected to sKeOOing by goYernment artiOOery based around tKe town +oweYer, Ke said tKings Oater quieted down Signi¿cantOy, tKere were no immediate reports of any airstriNes =LNDFRQ¿UPHGLQ SUHJQDQWZRPHQ in U.S. 1E: <OR. 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