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Police: Officers kill suspect in shooting of Lincoln women

officer-involved-shootingLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police say officers have shot and killed a man they suspect of shooting two women, one of whom died from her injuries.

Police confronted the 22-year-old man on a Lincoln street around 9 a.m. Sunday and shot him when he pointed a handgun at them.

Police say the man was suspected of shooting two women in separate cars around 3 a.m. Sunday, killing a 20-year-old woman.

Officers discovered the women after they heard gunshots while investigating a separate incident. Both women were taken to a hospital, where the 20-year-old was pronounced dead. The other woman, a 23-year-old, remains hospitalized. Her condition has not been released.

The names of the women and the suspect have not been released.

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