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was gunned down by police. After a string of killings, Blass was located in a chalet in Val-David, in a region called
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had been armed, but in 2010, Lisacek told a journalist that Blass had only been 'wielding' a sock. Following this incident, Lisacek was assigned to a desk job. He left the force in 1981.
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