KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, shot and killed a man at around 6 p.m. on Friday.
Police said officers responded a home in the 5400 block of Haskell Avenue on a reported overdose.
Responding officers located a man and a woman suffering from overdoses in the home.
Emergency medical crews responded and began treating the man and woman.
At around the same time, officers spotted a man leaving the home on a bike.
Other officers in the area were alerted and police later located the man in the 5200 block of Rowland Avenue.
While police were trying to stop the man, an altercation ensued and the man was shot and killed.
Police identified the man as John Anderton, 50.
No officers were injured in the shooting.
Police said officers located a gun near the man.
The officer who shot the man has been placed on paid administration while an investigation is conducted.
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