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Tenn. deputy dies day after being shot
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee sheriff's deputy died Tuesday at a Nashville hospital a day after he was shot by a man who then fatally shot himself. Deputy Richard "Keith" Bellar died at 7:47 a.m. at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Dickson County Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe said. The sheriff, who was visibly upset as he announced the officer's death at the hospital, took no questions from reporters.