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Kansas City, Kansas, police shoot, kill suspect in disturbance

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Posted at 4:34 PM, Jun 25, 2021
and last updated 2021-06-28 17:04:53-04

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas City, Kansas, police shot and killed a man Friday afternoon as part of a disturbance at a KCK home.

Officers responded to a domestic disturbance around 3:45 p.m. in the 5000 block of Vista Street, according to a police spokesperson.

The call was later upgraded to a shooting while officers were still responding.

The suspect, later identified as 60-year-old Dennis Delgado, of Kansas City, Kansas, allegedly tried to break-in to the home, but a resident in the house shot him, police said.

When police arrived, officers saw the suspect with a gun and one or more officers also shot the suspect.

The Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office and the Wyandotte County District Attorney's Office will investigate the shooting, which is standard procedure in a shooting involving a KCK police officer.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

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