NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The suspect in a Nashville school shooting on Monday had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance before killing three students and three adults in the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country growing increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.

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<b>ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.</b> — A judge sentenced a Rocky Mount man to more than 18 years in prison on Monday in connection with a woman's slaying more than a year ago.

Ronald Carlton Hicks Jr. pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder in the Jan. 13, 2010, death of Melissa Jo Wise.

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