Fleeing suspect fatally shot during gunfire exchange with police in northwest Indiana

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Police in northwestern Indiana fatally shot a fleeing male suspect during an exchange of gunfire Thursday, authorities said.

Valparaiso and Porter County officers had been dispatched on a report of a suspicious person displaying a handgun, Indiana State Police said.

Officers found the man, who began fleeing, and during a foot pursuit, an exchange of gunfire took place between the suspect and the officers.

The suspect sustained injuries from the gunfire and was transported to a hospital, where he was declared dead, police said.

His name was not immediately released.

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