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DATE: Wednesday, April 23, 1997              TAG: 9704230084
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-4  EDITION: METRO 
DATELINE: RICHMOND

3 SHOT DEAD AT COMPLEX FOR DISABLED

Two men and a woman were shot dead Tuesday in an apartment complex for the disabled and elderly, police said.

One of the dead, a man in his 30s, had been a longtime resident of the Kensington Gardens apartments. Police would not say how old the others were, where they lived or discuss their deaths.

Police spokeswoman Brenda Hughes said a handgun was found in the apartment, but would not say whether it was used in the shootings.

Mike Mervis, a consultant for Kensington Gardens, said the three victims were either friends or relatives. ``It is clear that these people knew each other,'' he said in a telephone inverview from Milwaukee.

Hughes said police would not identify the dead until today.

Kensington Gardens is a seven-story brick building that offers food, medical supervision, activities and support programs.

-ASSOCIATED PRESS

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KEYWORDS: FATALITY