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Police say 21-year-old man fatally shot during altercation

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say a 21-year-old man has been shot to death outside an apartment complex near downtown Wichita during an altercation with another man. Police say in a news release that the shooting was reported around 5 p.m. Monday along north Broadway Street. Arriving officers found Gabriel Njoroge, of Wichita, with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say the shooting stemmed from an altercation between Njoroge and a 70-year-old man outside the apartments. Police say that during the disturbance, Njoroge threatened the older man and advanced on him holding a box knife. The older man said he feared for his safety when he shot Njoroge.

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