By Associated Press - Tuesday, January 14, 2014

VIENNA, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia State Police say a Parkersburg police officer shot and killed a robbery suspect.

According to police, state troopers and other law enforcement officers responded to a call about an attempted robbery at the Toys R Us store in Vienna on Tuesday afternoon. One man was shot, and two accomplices escaped on foot. According to media reports, the suspects - a man and a woman - turned themselves in later in the day.

Names of the deceased man, the suspects and the officer who shot him were not immediately released.



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