KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An armed suspect who demanded a store employee call 911 and say they were being robbed Friday afternoon was shot and killed outside the store by Kansas City, Kansas, police officers.
The incident happened about 3:10 p.m. at 8301 State Ave., according to a news release from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI).
The suspect, identified by the KBI as Paul Beasley, Jr., 24, of Kansas City, Kansas, walked into the store and pointed a gun at the cashier, according to a KBI news release.
Beasley also told the clerk to call 911 and tell police the store was being robbed, the news release states.
About a minute later, a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer went into the store and was confronted by Beasley.
The officer saw that Beasley had a gun and got out of the store.
Beasley also left the store, and five officers shot at him.
He was taken to a hospital where he died.
No police officers were injured.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting and will present its findings to the Wyandotte County District Attorney's Office.
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