Cops Shoot, Kill Man Outside Kansas Walmart

Police say officers fatally shot a man outside a suburban Kansas City, Kan., retail store after he hit one of them with a long wooden rod, the AP reports. Lenexa police spokesman Dan Friesen says the man was shot near a Walmart in Olathe around 10:30pm Sunday after striking an officer. Friesen, speaking on behalf of Olathe police, says the rod resembled a martial arts bo stick. He says officers responded to a report of a man with a weapon and tried to use non-lethal force to subdue him, including an attempt to use a stun gun, but those measures were not effective. The officer hit with the stick was treated and released at a hospital. The man was IDed as being 50 years old, per KMBC, which also notes a special investigative team is looking into the man's death. Friesen says his identity was being withheld while authorities searched for next of kin. (More police shooting stories.)