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Seven Texas police officers shot while responding to ‘suicide in progress’ call

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This image made from video provided by KSAT shows law enforcement vehicles after multiple San Antonio, Texas, police officers were shot in San Antonio on Wednesday. Photograph: AP

Seven San Antonio police officers were shot while responding to a “suicide in progress” call and the suspect was later found dead inside an apartment after a standoff, the city’s police chief said.

The officers were shot on Wednesday night and a Swat team was called to the Stone Oak neighborhood, the San Antonio police chief, Bill McManus, said early on Thursday. After several hours, the suspect was dead but it was not immediately known how he died, McManus said.

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