OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Police say officers fatally shot a man outside a suburban Kansas City retail store after he hit one of them with a long wooden rod.

Lenexa, Kansas, police spokesman Dan Friesen says the man was shot near a Wal-Mart in Olathe around 10:30 p.m. Sunday after striking an officer.

Friesen, speaking on behalf of Olathe police, says the rod resembled a martial arts bo stick.

He says officers responded to a report of a man with a weapon and tried to use non-lethal force to subdue him, including an attempt to use a stun gun, but those measures were not effective.

The officer hit with the stick was treated and released at a hospital. Friesen says the dead man’s identity was being withheld while authorities searched for next of kin.

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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Police outside Kansas City say officers shot and killed a suspect who struck one of them with a blunt object.

According to a news release, police in Olathe, Kansas, were called to the scene around 10:30 p.m. Sunday after getting a report of an armed person.

Police say officers encountered a person armed with a blunt object who refused to put it down. The person struck an officer with the object. Officers then shot the suspect, who died at the scene.

The officer who was struck was brought to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries and later released.

We are currently working an officer involved shooting at Walmart off K7. One officer is being treated for minor injuries.

— Olathe Police (@OlathePolice) November 28, 2016

The officers involved have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

No other details were immediately released.