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From Gary, Indiana<\/a>;<\/p>\n

One man is dead and another is on the run after a customer at an auto dealership shot and killed a robbery suspect in self-defense, police said.<\/p>\n

The customer and an employee were outside of Ocampo Auto Sales, a used car lot at 401 W. Ridge Road, when two men approached them, according to Gary police.<\/p>\n

Officers and EMS were called out at about 2 p.m. to investigate. <\/p>\n

A second robbery suspect fled the scene, police said. Police did not immediately have a description or other information about the second suspect.<\/p>\n

The Lake County coroner’s office identified the gunshot victim \u2014 and robbery suspect \u2014 as Markis D. Square, 30, of Gary. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From Evansville, Indiana<\/a>;<\/p>\n

At a news conference Thursday, Evansville Police said 48-year-old Michael Anthony Foster of Evansville was shot by an officer.<\/p>\n

EPD said Foster had committed a violent rape at an apartment on Spring Valley Road near Green River Road. <\/p>\n

EPD said Foster left but threatened victim he was coming back. When Foster came back, he was confronted by an officer.<\/p>\n

Police said the officer asked him to drop his weapon, but instead Foster pointed it at the officer. The EPD officer then shot Foster several times.<\/p>\n

Foster is being treated at a local hospital. EPD is not identifying the officer.<\/p>\n

During their investigation, police said they discovered Foster was holding a replica gun, not a real one.<\/p>\n

Michael Antony Foster is a convicted sex offender, according to EPD. Foster was convicted of child molesting in 1997.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From San Antonio Texas<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Police were called around 9:37 p.m. to a home on the 7000 block of Valley Trails for reports of a shooting. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound to his chest on the living room floor.<\/p>\n

The man allegedly got in a fight with a relative before he was shot. According to police, the relative locked herself in a bedroom, which the man kicked open and started punching her.<\/p>\n

The suspect then grabbed her handgun and found the man chocking his family member. The suspect was shot once and pronounced the man dead at the scene by EMS.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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