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Kansas City, Mo. • Police say an officer shot and killed a robbery suspect after the man reached for his gun.
The Kansas City Star reports that police said the shooting occurred Wednesday after narcotics officers pulled over a driver as part of a planned arrest. The man who was shot was a suspect in several robberies and told police he was armed and ready for a shootout with officers if they tried to arrest him.
Police said an officer shot the man as the man reached for a gun while officers were trying to remove him from the car. The man was taken to a hospital, where he died. His identity wasn't released.
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker was at the scene to oversee the investigation.