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Police: Gun-Wielding Man Shot, Killed by Sand Springs Police

Sand Springs PD

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. (AP) — Police in Sand Springs say an officer shot and killed an armed man who rushed police with a gun pointed at the officer.

The names of the dead man and offices involved in the Saturday morning shooting were not immediately released.

Police say in a news release that officers were called shortly after 8 a.m. about a man firing a weapon in the backyard of his home. Police say the man refused orders to drop the weapon and instead said the gun was loaded and threatened officers as he went inside the home.

Deputy Police Chief Mike Carter says the man was killed when he eventually came out of the home and rushed toward police with a gun pointed at an officer, who shot the man three times.