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Police: Man arrested in fatal Kan. shooting of woman

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Topeka Police Department says a man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 51-year-old woman at a residence.

The department says officers responded to a report of a shooting shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday at the residence, where they found a woman, identified as Cindy Pritchard, suffering a gunshot wound. Medical personnel pronounced Pritchard dead at the scene.

Officers say a 58-year-old man who was at the residence has been arrested on a charge of intentional first-degree murder. He has been booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections.

No further details were released by the department.

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