Police: Barricaded man who fired at officers has died
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Police say an eastern Kentucky man who barricaded himself in a home and fired at officers has died.
Trooper Jody Sims told WYMT-TV that police were called Sunday to a home in Breathitt County for a welfare check and had shots fired in their direction upon their arrival. Sims said a state police detective suffered minor injuries when a bullet fragment ricocheted and hit him in the face. He said the man who fired the shots died.
Sims did not release a cause of death and said it was unclear whether police returned fire. He said the identity of the deceased was being withheld pending notification of kin.
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Police were investigating. No other information was immediately released.
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Information from: WYMT-TV, http://www.wymt.com/