2 dead, police sergeant and Winston Salem city worker wounded in shooting

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Winston-Salem City Officials say two city employees were killed - including the suspect - in a workplace shooting at the sanitation department early Friday morning. Police say another city employee was also shot, as well as a police sergeant. 

Police say several 911 calls came in shortly after 6:30 a.m. about shots fired at the Joycelyn V. Johnson Municipal building on Lowery Street. 

Officers responded within four minutes and encountered the suspected shooter, Steven Dewayne Haizlip, 61, outside of the building. Winston-Salem Police Chief Catrina Thompson says a gunfight erupted between Haizlip and officers. Haizlip was killed. 

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