Off-duty Pittsburgh police officer involved in bar fight, placed on leave

Off-duty Pittsburgh police officer involved in bar fight, placed on leave

THIS IS PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR WITH BREAKING NEWS. OUR BREAKING NEWS TAKES US TO A CRASH IMPACTING TRAFFIC IN THE LIBERTY TUNNEL. YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN A PUSH ALERT ABOUT THIS INCIDENT NOT LONG AGO. WE WANT TO BRING YOU THIS LIVE LOOK OFF THE PENNDOT CAMERAS LOOKING TOWARD THE INBOUND SIDE. WE HAVE SEEN TRAFFIC MOVING JUST IN THE PAST FEW MINUTES, BUT IT IS ON THE HEAVY SIDE. WE ARE WORKING TO GET YOU AN UPDATE FROM PENNDOT, SO KEEP IT HERE. BUT AGAIN, THE GOOD NEWS THERE LOOKS LIKE TRAFFIC IS MOVING. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE FOR PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 4:00 I’M KELLY SASSO. GOOD AFTERNOON I’M ANDREW STOCKEY. HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING. WHAT WE’RE WORKING ON, BEGINNING WITH YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES AT 4:00. AND WE BEGIN WITH MORE BREAKING NEWS HERE. THE SOUTH GREENSBURG FIRE CHIEF IS ACCUSED OF STEALING OVER $175,000 FROM THE DEPARTMENT. COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW MATTHEW WHITE IS ACCUSED OF TRANSFERRING THE MONEY TO HIS PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNT. THE THEFTS REPORTEDLY DATE BACK TO 2023, AND WE UNDERSTAND A WARRANT HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED FOR HIS ARREST. AND MORE BREAKING NEWS THIS AFTERNOON. OUR BEST LOOK YET AT A PERSON WHO MAY BE LINKED TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF NANCY GUTHRIE. DOORBELL, CAMERA, VIDEO, ONCE INACCESSIBLE, SHOWS A MASKED ARMED PERSON SEEN TAMPERING WITH DOORBELL CAMERA. IT’S NOW DAY TEN OF THE SEARCH FOR THE TODAY SHOW ANCHORS MOTHER. HOW? WE DON’T HAVE A THREE WAY FATAL. THIS WAS A VIOLENT AND FIERY WRONG WAY CRASH. PART OF I-70 IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY WAS CLOSED DOWN FOR HOURS THIS MORNING. AN SUV DRIVING THE WRONG WAY HIT THREE TRACTOR TRAILERS. DRIVERS WERE STUCK FOR MOST OF THE MORNING, AND THE STREAK IS OFFICIALLY OVER. WE HAVE FINALLY CLIMBED ABOVE FREEZING. HOW ABOUT THAT FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN TWO WEEKS? FINALLY GETTING THAT SNOW? A CHANCE TO MELT. AND THOSE ARE YOUR TOP STORIES. AT 4:00 ON THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TIME NOW FOR MORE OF PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER. THE WARMER VERSION OF IT. YEAH. THOSE ICICLES, THEY WERE POURING WATER TODAY. IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE. I ASKED BRIAN RIGHT BEFORE THE START OF THE NEWSCAST, HOW DOES IT FEEL BEING A HERO TODAY? IT’S A GREAT DAY. YEAH, THE WEATHER COOPERATED VERY NICELY TODAY. WE EXPECTED TO BREAK FREEZING. TODAY WE’VE REALLY SKYROCKETED PAST THE FREEZING MARK TODAY. IN FACT, MOST OF US ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ARE IN THE 50S. IT’S 50 NOW IN CLARION, WHICH ACTUALLY NOW PUTS EVERYBODY AT 50 DEGREES. UNIONTOWN AND MORGANTOWN AT 59. IT’S 56 AT THE AIRPORT, 55 IN MONROEVILLE, 53 IN KITTANNING. SO WE ARE WARM. THIS TODAY, THOUGH, IS GOING TO STAND BY ITSELF FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. WE’RE WATCHING FOR A SHOWER CHANCE THIS EVENING THAT’S TIED TO A COLD FRONT, WHICH MEANS A COUPLE OF FLAKES COULD FLY TOMORROW, AND THEN WE’LL BE IN A MELT REFREEZE PATTERN THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORKWEEK BEFORE WE START WARMING AGAIN. AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. SO AGAIN, A QUICK PASSING SHOWERS POSSIBLE AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. TODAY, BASICALLY, SOUTH OF THE CITY HAS THE BEST CHANCE TO RUN INTO A QUICK SHOWER AND THEN WE WILL SEE FLURRIES AROUND AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR WEDNESDAY AS A SIGN THAT IT IS STILL FEBRUARY. SO ENJOY TODAY, BUT PUMP THE BRAKES ON SUPER EXCITEMENT NEXT WEEK WE’LL DO IT AGAIN THOUGH. WE’LL WARM BACK TO THE 40S THIS WEEKEND, 50S TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, SO WE ARE OUT OF THE ARCTIC BLAST AND EVEN OUR COOLDOWN IS SEASONAL. 30 IS SEASONABLY COOL. WE ARE HEADING BACK IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION NEXT WEEK. I’LL TELL YOU HOW TO PUT THE BRAKES ON MYSELF BECAUSE IT WAS SO NICE OUTSIDE. I’M THINKING, OKAY, IS THIS REALLY FEBRUARY? IT FELT LIKE THAT. THAT FINAL THAW BEFORE SPRING COMES. YES. YEAH. THIS IS THE WARMEST WE’VE BEEN. I THINK IT’S ALMOST ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AT THIS POINT. WE’VE BEEN THIS WARM. YEAH. AND IT WAS JUST SO EXCEPTIONALLY COLD. IT MADE TODAY AMAZING. YES. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL TAKE IT. THANKS SO MUCH BRIAN. NOW WE WANT TO GET BACK TO OUR BIG STORY ON THIS TUESDAY. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT CRASH ON I-70. TRAFFIC IS MOVING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE EARLIER TODAY WHEN AN SUV THAT WAS GOING THE WRONG WAY SMASHED INTO THREE TRACTOR TRAILERS. AND THESE TYPES OF WRONG-WAY CRASHES HAVE BEEN HAPPENING OFTEN IN OUR AREA RECENTLY. WELL, HERE’S A CLOSER LOOK AT WHERE ALL THIS TOOK PLACE. THE STRETCH OF 70 BETWEEN THE HUNKER MASS AND EXITS. IN FACT, IT’S JUST WEST OF THE NEW STANTON INTERCHANGE. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM IS JOINING US OUT THERE. LIVE SHOW. YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH STATE POLICE TO TROOPERS KNOW YET WHY THIS HAPPENED. WELL, AT THIS HOUR, STATE POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING WHY THIS DRIVER ENDED UP DRIVING THE WRONG WAY ON INTERSTATE 70. THEY SAY HE IS AN 80 YEAR OLD MAN, BUT THEY DID TAKE BLOOD TESTS THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THOSE BLOOD TESTS RESULTS COME BACK. ADDITIONALLY, STATE POLICE SAY IT’S REMARKABLE THAT THIS HEAD-ON COLLISION DID NOT RESULT INTO A THREE PERSON FATALITY. NOW, HERE’S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE AFTERMATH AFTER THAT HEAD-ON COLLISION. THIS IS THE INFERNO ON INTERSTATE 70 EARLY THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY A FUEL SPILL IGNITED THE BLAZE AFTER THE SUV COLLIDED WITH THE FIRST OF THREE TRACTOR TRAILERS. STATE POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF THE SUV WAS TRAVELING THE WRONG WAY ON INTERSTATE. THAT DRIVER WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND IN THE EASTBOUND LANES. ANOTHER DRIVER DIALED 911 TO REPORT THE WRONG-WAY DRIVER. STATE POLICE SAY THAT DASH CAM VIDEO FOOTAGE IN THE CABIN OF ONE OF THE TRACTOR TRAILERS CAPTURED THE INCIDENT. AT THAT TIME, AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, THE SUV HITS HEAD ON WITH UNIT NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THAT FIRST TRACTOR TRAILER. RIGHT AWAY, THE TRACTOR TRAILER GOES OFF TO THE LEFT, HITTING THE MEDIAN THAT THAT MEDIAN JERSEY BARRIER. THE SUV THEN HITS IN THE TRUCK TRAILER NUMBER TWO AND THEN PROCEEDS TO ALMOST PINBALL IN BETWEEN BOTH SETS OF TRACTOR TRAILERS, SPINNING ALL THE WAY OUT AT THE VERY TAIL END, HITTING INTO A THIRD TRACTOR TRAILER. SUCH AN UNBELIEVABLE SCENE OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, SHELDON, WE ARE VERY WELL AWARE WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE WRONG-WAY DRIVERS HERE IN JUST THE PAST WEEK. I-79 IN THE PARKWAY WEST. MOST RECENTLY. ARE POLICE CONSIDERING ANY TYPE OF POLICY CHANGE TO TRY TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING? YES. STATE POLICE. THEY DID MENTION THE FACT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN THREE WRONG-WAY INCIDENTS IN OUR AREA WITHIN THE PAST WEEK. SO STATE POLICE, THEY’RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ADDING ADDITIONAL PATROLS ON THE HIGHWAY. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE CHECKED IN WITH PENNDOT. THEY HAVE SEVERAL MEASURES THAT ARE IN PLAY RIGHT NOW. TO ADD WRONG-WAY DETECTORS ON THE HIGHWAYS AND SOME OF THE EXIT AND ENTRANCE RAMPS ONTO THE HIGHWAYS IN THE AREA. WE HAVE MORE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. FOR NOW, COVERING WESTMORELAND COUNTY AT THE TURNPIKE AND I-70 INTERCHANGE. SHELDON INGRAM PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. THAT WAS A STORY THAT HAD A LOT OF ATTENTION TODAY. SHELDON, THANKS SO MUCH. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS TO SKY 4 CAPTURING MORE OF THE AFTERMATH OF THAT CRASH, INCLUDING THE HUGE BACKUPS THAT LASTED ALL MORNING. ROBERT MILLER TOLD US HE WAS STUCK IN THE BACKUP FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO TURN HIMSELF AROUND, AND WOUND UP GETTING A GAP IN BETWEEN TRUCKS TO THAT EXIT THAT I TOLD YOU THAT THEY WERE USHERING THE CARS OFF TO, AND I JUMPED DOWN THAT EXIT AND TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK WESTBOUND AND HEADED BACK TO PITTSBURGH AGAIN. THE GOOD NEWS AT THIS MOMENT IS THE ROAD IS BACK OPEN AND WE, OF COURSE, WILL STAY ON THIS. WE WILL BRING YOU ANY NEW INFORMATION AS WE GET IT. NOW TO THE MAJOR BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. THE SEARCH FOR TODAY’S SHOW HOST SAVANNAH GUTHRIE’S MOTHER, NANCY GUTHRIE. THE FBI RELEASING NEW PHOTOS AND VIDEOS IN CONNECTION TO NANCY’S POSSIBLE ABDUCTION, SHOWING THE ARMED INDIVIDUAL AT HER FRONT DOOR. WE KNOW THIS BREAK IN THE CASE CAME FROM THE FBI. AFTER THE 84 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER HAS BEEN MISSING NOW FOR OVER A WEEK. ABC’S MELISSA ARDEN HAS THE IMAGES THAT INVESTIGATORS WANT YOU TO SEE. CHILLING NEW VIDEO RELEASED BY THE FBI SHOWING AN ARMED PERSON OUTSIDE THE ARIZONA HOME OF 84 YEAR-OLD NANCY GUTHRIE IN THE VERY EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING, THE DAY SHE DISAPPEARED. FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL, SHARING THESE IMAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, POSTING THESE PREVIOUSLY INACCESSIBLE IMAGES THAT SHOW AN ARMED INDIVIDUAL APPEARING TO HAVE TAMPERED WITH THE CAMERA. INVESTIGATORS HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID THE CAMERA WAS DISCONNECTED AROUND 1:47 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 1ST. YOU CAN SEE A PERSON WEARING A BACKPACK, A MASK AND GLOVES, THE FBI SAYING THIS PERSON IS ARMED. YOU CAN SEE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A GUN IN THIS PERSON’S FRONT WAISTBAND. IN ONE VIDEO, IT APPEARS THIS PERSON TRIES TO COVER THE CAMERA WITH A PLANT. YOU CAN GET A LOT OF INFORMATION NOW, NOT ONLY OFF OF THE GLOVES IN FRONT OF THE BACKPACK, BUT ALSO HIS HEIGHT, HIS WEIGHT THAT HE MAY HAVE HAD, THE MUSTACHE, THE COLOR OF HIS EYES. POTENTIALLY. SAVANNAH GUTHRIE POSTING THE PHOTOS TO HER INSTAGRAM SAYING WE BELIEVE SHE IS STILL ALIVE. BRING HER HOME. JUST YESTERDAY, GUTHRIE POSTING THIS HEART-WRENCHING VIDEO PLEADING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO FIND HER MOM, CALLING THIS AN HOUR OF DESPERATION. WE NEED YOUR HELP. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS WORKING TIRELESSLY AROUND THE CLOCK TRYING TO BRING HER HOME. INVESTIGATORS SAY NANCY GUTHRIE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE THE EVENING OF SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST, AFTER COMING HOME FROM HER DAUGHTER ANNIE’S HOME. NANCY WAS REPORTED MISSING THE NEXT DAY. THE FBI IS OFFERING A $50,000 REWARD FOR ANY INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF NANCY GUTHRIE. MELISSA O’DONNELL, ABC NEWS, LOS ANGELES. BACK HERE AT HOME. THOMAS STANKO TESTIFIED MORE THAN THREE HOURS TODAY IN HIS TRIAL. HE IS THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING CASSANDRA GROSS IN 2018. HER BODY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND, AND STANKO DENIED HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER DISAPPEARANCE. WESTMORELAND BUREAU REPORTER ED DIORIO HEARD ALL THE TESTIMONY. HE JOINS US NOW LIVE. SO, ED, WHAT STUCK OUT TO YOU DURING HIS TIME ON THE STAND TODAY? WELL, ANDREW, YOU MENTIONED PART OF IT. AND IT’S THE FACT THAT STANKO, THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE TESTIMONY, DENIED ALL OF THE ACCUSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AGAINST HIM UP UNTIL THIS POINT. IF YOU REMEMBER YESTERDAY, TWO OF HIS FORMER FELLOW INMATES IN THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY PRISON HAD TESTIFIED AGAINST STANKO, SAYING THAT HE ADMITTED TO KILLING AND STABBING CASSANDRA GROSS. HE SAID NONE OF THAT IS TRUE. THE TESTIMONY BEGAN WITH HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYING, ASKING HIM CERTAIN QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH CASSANDRA GROSS DATING BACK TO 2017, AND STANKO SAID THAT IT WAS MOSTLY GOOD. THEY NEVER REALLY HAD ANY BIG ARGUMENTS OR ANY HOSTILITY, AND STANKO CLAIMED THAT HE COULD NEVER HURT GROSS IN ANY WAY. WHEN ASKED DIRECTLY IN THE CROSS-EXAMINATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE KILLED GROSS, HE SAID, I DID NOT. I’M NOT THAT TYPE OF PERSON. I COULD NEVER HARM HER IN ANY WAY. STANKO TESTIFIED THAT HE ASKED GROSS TO MARRY HIM AROUND CHRISTMAS OF 2017, TO WHICH CASSANDRA ALLEGEDLY AGREED TO, ACCORDING TO STANKO, BUT NOT AT THAT TIME. HE ALSO CLAIMED TO THE JURORS THAT HE WAS SHOCKED WHENEVER HE GOT WORD FROM STATE POLICE THAT HER CAR WAS FOUND BURNED IN UNITY TOWNSHIP A FEW DAYS AFTER HER DISAPPEARANCE. DURING THE CROSS-EXAMINATION FROM THE PROSECUTION TODAY. THAT’S WHERE THINGS GOT CONFUSING AND MUDDLED. IN A LOT OF WAYS. ANDREW STANKO COULDN’T GO MORE THAN A FEW QUESTIONS FROM THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JAMES LAZAR. EVERY TIME HE ASKED A QUESTION, HE WOULD EITHER GET CONFUSED OR NOT IDENTIFY HIMSELF OR HIS ASSOCIATION WITH ANY DOCUMENTS OR LETTERS THAT LAZAR WAS HANDING HIM, AND REALLY WAS TALKING UNDER HIS BREATH A LOT. SO A LOT OF DETAILS WERE LOST. IF ANY CAME OUT DURING CROSS-EXAMINATION. BUT SOME DID COME OUT OVER THAT THREE PLUS HOUR PERIOD OF TESTIMONY. SO WE’RE GOING TO BRING YOU ALL THOSE DETAILS COMING UP HERE IN THE FULL REPORT FROM DAY SEVEN OF THIS TRIAL, COMING UP IN THE FULL REPORT AT 5:00, COVERING WESTMORELAND COUNTY, AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE HERE IN GREENSBURG, A DIORIO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. OKAY. AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORTING. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT EARLIER. WHAT A GREAT DAY IT IS TODAY. AS THE TEMPERATURES DO CONTINUE TO RISE, THOUGH, WE WILL BEGIN TO SEE THE LAYERS OF ICE AND SNOW BEGINNING TO MELT. THAT’S RIGHT. AND AS IT DOES, OUR WATER SYSTEMS WILL FEEL THE IMPACT. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON CATCHING UP WITH PITTSBURGH WATER AS THEY GET READY TO RESPOND. KELLY. ANDREW KELLY, PITTSBURGH WATER SAYS THEY ARE HOPING FOR A FEW CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF TEMPS IN THE 30S AS THIS THAWING CYCLE BEGINS. AND THEY’RE WARNING CUSTOMERS TONIGHT OF SOME OF THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE THAT CAN HAPPEN TO THEIR HOMES AND PROPERTIES. ONCE THIS STARTS NOW, WE’RE TOLD THAT, OF COURSE, PIPES THAT HAVE FROZEN CAN CRACK, AND IT’S NOT UNTIL THINGS REALLY WARM UP THAT LEAKS BECOME APPARENT TO PREPARE. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF PITTSBURGH WATER, FRANK SWIDERSKI SAYS YOU’LL WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON BASEMENTS, CRAWL SPACES OR UTILITY ROOMS THAT CAN BE FORGOTTEN ABOUT. SO TELLING ME, WHILE WATER LINE BREAKS ARE EXPECTED IN THE COMING DAYS, THEY ARE UNPREDICTABLE. YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHEN COULD IT OCCUR? IT’S CHALLENGING, EVEN AS WE STAND HERE AND TALK, YOU KNOW, ONE SIDE OF THE STREET WE’RE ON IS IN THE SHADE, THE OTHER SIDE IS IN THE SUN. SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE GROUND ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD WARM UP AND START TO SHIFT WHILE IT’S NOT MOVING HERE. ALL OF THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A LINE TO SHIFT AND BREAK, AND IT’S REALLY ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT THAT. AND HE SAID THAT’S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN AWAY FROM THEIR HOME. PERHAPS THEY LEFT FOR A FEW DAYS DURING THAT DEEP FREEZE AND THEN CAME BACK. THEY’LL WANT TO CHECK OUT THOSE AREAS, SPECIFICALLY ANDREW KELLY, TO LOOK OUT FOR ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY EXTERNALLY. HE SAID PEOPLE CAN LOOK OUT FOR. WELL, KELLY, I TALKED TO A PLUMBER AS WELL. HE SAID THAT YOU’LL WANT TO CHECK YOUR HOSE SPOUTS EXTERNALLY. EXTERNAL HOSE SPOUTS AS WELL AS DRAINS TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE NOT BLOCKED BY ANY ICE, BECAUSE THAT CAN LEAD TO FLOODING AND POOLING IN BASEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. TIPS FROM HIM THOUGH. COMING UP TONIGHT A

Off-duty Pittsburgh police officer involved in bar fight, placed on leave

Updated: 4:39 PM EST Feb 10, 2026

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A Pittsburgh police officer has been placed on leave after officials said the officer was involved in a fight outside of a bar while off-duty. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Feb. 10, 2026 Officials told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that command staff with the department was made aware of an altercation at a bar outside city limits over the weekend. They said the altercation involved Pittsburgh police officers who were off duty. No details on what led to the altercation or how many officers were involved have been released. We’re only told that one of the officers involved has since been placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation. Action News 4 is working to learn more and will provide updates as they are made available.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.

PITTSBURGH —

A Pittsburgh police officer has been placed on leave after officials said the officer was involved in a fight outside of a bar while off-duty.

VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Feb. 10, 2026

Officials told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that command staff with the department was made aware of an altercation at a bar outside city limits over the weekend.

They said the altercation involved Pittsburgh police officers who were off duty.

No details on what led to the altercation or how many officers were involved have been released.

We’re only told that one of the officers involved has since been placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation.

Action News 4 is working to learn more and will provide updates as they are made available.

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