Ohio – Cincinnati’s police chief says a veteran policeman and an armed person who exchanged gunfire with officers have died.
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Chief Jeffrey Blackwell says the officer and the suspect died after the shooting Friday morning in the Madisonville neighborhood.
The officer was identified as 48-year-old Sonny Kim, a 27-year veteran of the department.
Authorities didn’t immediately identify the suspect.
Blackwell says multiple shots were fired between the suspect and officers responding to a 911 call. The chief says he believes the suspect was on the street when police arrived.
The shooting comes nine days after Cincinnati police released a plan for dealing with a recent surge of gun violence in the city.
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