Suspect fatally shot as Kansas officer investigates theft
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July 13, 2017
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an officer has shot and killed a suspect in northeast Kansas while investigating a vehicle theft.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation identified the man killed as 47-year-old Antonio Garcia Jr. of Leavenworth. The release said the officer fired at Garcia on Tuesday night after an "altercation" and that he was pronounced dead after emergency responders were called to the scene. A woman was arrested during the investigation on suspicion of interfering with law enforcement, criminal damage to property and concealing, destroying or altering evidence.
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