Four law enforcement officers were shot Saturday morning while responding to a residence in a rural area south of Topeka, Kansas.
The shooting was around 10:30 a.m. Three Osage County sheriff’s deputies and one Kansas Highway Patrol trooper were shot, Kansas Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Melissa Underwood said.
Their conditions are “still very fluid,” Underwood said.
A male suspect died from gunshot wounds, leaders from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and state Highway Patrol said.
One other male was injured and taken to a hospital and is in stable condition, officials said.
Deputies and troopers were responding to a domestic violence incident north of Carbondale. They were on scene for several minutes when gunfire erupted, authorities said.
The area of the shooting is a rural region close to U.S. Highway 75.
There is no active threat to the public, Underwood said.
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