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Police fatally shoot man armed with assault rifle near Legends Outlet

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kansas City, Kansas police say officers shot and killed a man who was armed with an assault rifle near a popular shopping and dining area.

Officer-involved shooting scene photo courtesy KCTV

Officer Jonathan Westbook said officers were called to the Country Inn and Suites near the Legends Outlet shopping district after a manager reported a heavily armed man came into the business and said he had killed his wife.

The man then left the inn.

Westbrook said the man was armed with an assault rifle when officers found him. He says the man fired at police, they shot and killed him.

Westbrook says police are working to determine whether the man had killed his wife.

No police officers were injured. Police say the suspect didn’t make it into the Legends businesses.

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