Two bailiffs killed in a shooting at a southwestern Michigan courthouse were longtime law enforcement officers who became court officers after retiring from their departments.
Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey identified the bailiffs late Monday as 61-year-old Joseph Zangaro and 63-year-old Ronald Kienzle. He said they were "close friends" of his.
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Zangaro was head of court security. He retired from the Michigan State Police as commander of the Bridgman Post in Berrien County.
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Kienzle retired as a sergeant of the Benton Township police department after serving in the U.S. Army.
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Wounded in the shootings was Deputy James Atterberry. He remains in stable condition at Lakeland Hospital.
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He did not identify a civilian woman wounded in the shooting.
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Bailey says the 45-year-old suspect, Larry Darnell Gordon, was at the courthouse for a hearing on multiple felony charges.
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The sheriff says authorities had "no warning signs" that the suspect would be violent.
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During the incident, Bailey says Gordon took hostages for a short period of time before trying to leave through another door. He was killed by other officers.
St. Joseph is located in far southwestern Michigan's Berrien County, which borders Indiana.
(The Associated Press also contributed to this report.)
