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Posted: Friday, 24 August 2012 8:58PM

Deadly Force From Officers During Robbery Ruled Justified



     WICHITA, Kan.  -  A prosecutor says Wichita police were justified in last year's shooting death of a robbery suspect at a Dollar General store.  Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston released her report Friday on the killing of DeJuan Colbert, 27.
     Three officers responded to a robbery in progress at the store the night of Oct. 30, 2011.  The officers reported seeing three men armed with knives and wearing bandanas.
     Foulston's report says Colbert raised a steak knife and charged at the officers. All three officers opened fire. An autopsy found Colbert was shot 15 times.  Foulston says Colbert's actions posed a "deadly and imminent threat" to police and civilians in the store.
     The other two suspects were arrested without incident.

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Deadly Force From Officers During Robbery Ruled Justified
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