By Associated Press - Monday, July 6, 2020

FAIRFAX, Mo. (AP) - A man was arrested Monday in a deadly northwest Missouri shooting after standoff, authorities say.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jake Angle said the the Atchison County Sheriff’s Office responded around 9:30 a.m. after a man was shot in Fairfax. The victim was pronounced dead at a hospital, and the shooter retreated into an apartment.

Angle said the suspected gunman exited the apartment around 10:50 a.m. and surrendered. The name of the suspect and victim weren’t immediately released. No information was released on the relationship between the two men.



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