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In this Oct. 20, 2017 photo, a sales clerk hands a pistol, being sold on behalf of the Aberdeen Police Department, to a customer to look at before an auction at Johnny's Auction House, where the company handles gun sales for police departments and the Lewis County Sheriff's Office, in Rochester, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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A yearlong Associated Press analysis found more than a dozen firearms sold by law enforcement agencies in Washington state since 2010 later became evidence in new criminal investigations.

By MARTHA BELLISLE, AP January 13, 2018