Shooting outside an Oklahoma courthouse

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Three people were shot Wednesday following an exchange of gunfire outside of a courthouse near Tulsa.

A sheriff's deputy, a bystander, and the gunman have been hospitalized, authorities told the Chicago Tribune.

According to police, the gunman has been identified as 23-year-old Andrew Joseph Dennehy, CNN reported.

The incident occurred when Dennehy discharged his handgun into the air on a plaza outside of the Tulsa County Courthouse, Sgt. Shannon Clark of the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office told CNN.

The gunman was shot in the upper torso and remains in critical condition, but the other victims's injuries were not life-threatening, according to the Chicago Tribune.

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