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Police in Arkansas fatally shoot man who barricaded himself at a shopping mall

CONWAY, Arkansas (AP) — Police in central Arkansas say they shot a man after he fired at officers from inside a business at a shopping mall. The man was taken to a hospital and later died there. Conway police say officers responded to a report about a man who had driven a vehicle into a massage therapy business at the Lewis Crossing Shopping Center on Saturday morning. A SWAT team found the armed man barricaded in a room. While officers were talking to the man, he shot at them and officers returned fire, striking him. Conway is about 33 miles north of Little Rock.

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