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Two Native American men are dead on the Yakama Indian Reservation. The victims have not been identified.
According to the Yakama County coroner, a one of the victims died of gunshot wounds on Thurdsday. Yakama County Coroner Jim Curtice said an autopsy is being scheduled. Curtice said on Friday morning that another man was shot to death in the early morning hours of Friday.
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