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2 of 3 federal agents wounded in Kan. gunfight leave hospital

Fire at the motel during Saturday's gun battle -photo courtesy WIBW -TV
Fire at the motel during Saturday’s gun battle -photo courtesy WIBW -TV

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two of three federal agents injured during a fiery weekend shootout at a Kansas motel are out of the hospital, and authorities are trying to identify the body found inside the suspect’s charred motel room.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Marshals Service’s headquarters said Monday that two deputy marshals were treated and released after sustaining gunshot wounds during the Saturday night confrontation in Topeka.

The FBI says an FBI agent also received non-life-threatening injuries, though that person’s medical status was not immediately clear Monday.

The FBI says members of a fugitive task force were trying to arrest 28-year-old robbery suspect Orlando J. Collins at the Country Club Motel when they came under fire. A fire then broke out in the room where authorities later found a body.

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