Deputy Reported Killed, Another Wounded in Kansas

A sheriff's deputy was killed and another was critically wounded Friday when an inmate being transported to a court hearing in Kansas got hold of a weapon and shot them, authorities said. The suspect, who was also injured during the confrontation, and the wounded officer were undergoing surgery Friday afternoon. The inmate had been taken in a van to a gated area behind the court services building, and when the inmate got out of van, he somehow overtook and shot the deputies,...

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