OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an 18-year-old man was fatally shot in northeast Kansas during an altercation with police and deputies.
Ottawa police say officers and deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office responded Saturday night to the Orscheln’s Farm and Home parking lot in response to “a person reportedly armed with a gun.”
The Kansas City Star reports the suspect’s aunt says her nephew suffered from depression and purposefully antagonized police in an effort to get them to shoot him. She says she and her husband could have handled the man had the police let them.
Police say that “as a matter of policy,” the officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave while the Kansas Bureau of Investigation reviews what happened.
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172-c-15-(Heather Hollingsworth, AP correspondent)-“given police shootings”-AP correspondent Heather Hollingsworth reports a relative of the 18-year-old man says he suffered from depression, and had antagonized police in an effort to get them to shoot him. (24 Aug 2014)
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173-c-15-(Heather Hollingsworth, AP correspondent)-“a suicide mission”-AP correspondent Heather Hollingsworth reports the young man’s aunt, Brandy Smith, says she and her husband could have handled her nephew’s behavior, if police had allowed it. (24 Aug 2014)
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171-c-17-(Heather Hollingsworth, AP correspondent)-“to shoot him”-AP correspondent Heather Hollingsworth reports an 18-year-old has been shot to death in northeast Kansas during an altercation with police and sheriff’s deputies. (24 Aug 2014)
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041-a-08-(Shino Tanaka, spokeswoman, Mountain View Police Department, with reporters Saturday)-“firearm into Shoreline”-Mountain View Police spokeswoman Shino Tanaka says it’s not clear how the suspect got a gun into the music venue, since patrons do undergo security screening. COURTESY: KTVU TV ((mandatory on-air credit)) (24 Aug 2014)
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