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2 Kansas officers fatally shot outside market

Published: December 17, 2012 Comment on this article

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected in the fatal shooting of two Topeka police officers has died after an armed standoff with law enforcement at a house in the city.

photo - Law enforcement vehicles surround the backside of an apartment complex evacuated by authorities as they hunt for a 22-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting two police officers, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Topeka, Kan. Two Kansas police officers were shot outside the store on Sunday while responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle and died later at a hospital, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Topeka Capital Journal, John Hanna)

Law enforcement vehicles surround the backside of an apartment complex evacuated by authorities as they hunt for a 22-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting two police officers, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Topeka, Kan. Two Kansas police officers were shot outside the store on Sunday while responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle and died later at a hospital, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Topeka Capital Journal, John Hanna)

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The man is suspected of killing 50-year-old Cpl. David Gogian and 29-year-old Jeff Atherly as they responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle Sunday night.

Shawnee County officials say in a statement that Kansas Bureau of Investigation officers tried to negotiate with the suspect before firing tear gas into the home.

The statement says he emerged from the home carrying a gun and officers shot him. He was taken to a hospital where he died of his injuries early Monday.

It wasn't clear if the suspect fired his gun.