Suspect killed, 3 deputies wounded in Kansas firefight
By Steve Smith •
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DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say a wanted man was killed and three deputies were wounded this morning in an exchange of gunfire in western Kansas.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that the sheriff's office in Clark County tried to stop the suspect at around 9 a.m.
The Ford County Sheriff's Office joined the pursuit as it wound into Dodge City.
There, the suspect was fatally shot and a woman in the vehicle was critically wounded.
Their names were not released. Two deputies were rushed to a Wichita hospital with injuries that the release described as serious.
The condition of the third deputy was described as good.
