Police: Officers responding to burglary killed armed man

INDEPENDENCE, Ky. (AP) — Officials say police responding to a burglary in northern Kentucky fatally shot an armed suspect. Kentucky State Police said in a statement that Independence and Kenton County officers responded to a burglary in progress at a residence Tuesday morning and encountered a man “who brandished a firearm at the officers” The statement said an officer fired at the suspect and mortally wounded him. Police did not release the man’s name. No officers were injured. The state police said it won’t release more details as it investigates the shooting.