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Police: Man dies, officer suffers gunshot wound in shootout

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in suburban Kansas City say a man is dead and a police officer is recovering from a gunshot wound following a shootout on a street in Independence.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the shooting happened late Wednesday night, when officers were called to a neighborhood for a report of a man with a rifle shooting at a house.

The patrol says Independence police officers who arrived on the scene engaged in a gun battle with the man, who was shot and declared dead at a hospital.

The patrol says an officer also was struck in the head during the shootout, but was alert when he was taken to a hospital for treatment and later listed in stable condition.

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